#C59D36#C59D36

#C59D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D36
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 4.41, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 56.96, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0069 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.126 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7509, 36.2530, 8.6038)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D36 #365EC5

analogous

#C55636 #C59D36 #A6C536

triadic

#C59D36 #36C59D #9D36C5

tetradic

#C59D36 #36C556 #365EC5 #C536A6

square

#C59D36 #36C556 #365EC5 #C536A6

split-complementary

#C59D36 #36A6C5 #5636C5

monochromatic

#65501C #957729 #C59D36 #D4B564 #E2CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D36

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D36	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb973',
    500: '#c59d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d36;
$custom-light: #dbb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7147,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D36

secondary

#8A9DCD

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D36

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

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