#C59D35#C59D35

#C59D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D35
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 4.36, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 57.35, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0066 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.127 87)
XYZ	xyz(35.7277, 36.2437, 8.4814)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D35 #355DC5

analogous

#C55535 #C59D35 #A5C535

triadic

#C59D35 #35C59D #9D35C5

tetradic

#C59D35 #35C555 #355DC5 #C535A5

square

#C59D35 #35C555 #355DC5 #C535A5

split-complementary

#C59D35 #35A5C5 #5535C5

monochromatic

#65501B #957728 #C59D35 #D5B562 #E2CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D35

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D35	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)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb973',
    500: '#c59d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d35;
$custom-light: #dbb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.36241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D35

secondary

#899CCD

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D35

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

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