#C59D33#C59D33

#C59D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D33
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 4.27, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 58.12, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0061 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.128 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6826, 36.2257, 8.2442)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D33 #335BC5

analogous

#C55433 #C59D33 #A4C533

triadic

#C59D33 #33C59D #9D33C5

tetradic

#C59D33 #33C554 #335BC5 #C533A4

square

#C59D33 #33C554 #335BC5 #C533A4

split-complementary

#C59D33 #33A4C5 #5433C5

monochromatic

#64501A #947626 #C59D33 #D6B55F #E2CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C59D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D33

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D33	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb972',
    500: '#c59d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d33;
$custom-light: #dbb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D33

secondary

#879ACD

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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