#C59D34#C59D34

#C59D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D34
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 4.31, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 57.74, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0064 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.128 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7049, 36.2346, 8.3615)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D34 #345CC5

analogous

#C55534 #C59D34 #A5C534

triadic

#C59D34 #34C59D #9D34C5

tetradic

#C59D34 #34C555 #345CC5 #C534A5

square

#C59D34 #34C555 #345CC5 #C534A5

split-complementary

#C59D34 #34A5C5 #5534C5

monochromatic

#64501A #957627 #C59D34 #D5B561 #E2CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D34

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D34	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb972',
    500: '#c59d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d34;
$custom-light: #dbb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71455,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D34

secondary

#889BCD

accent

#71E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D34

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

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