#C59D38#C59D38

#C59D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D38
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 4.50, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 56.16, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0074 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.125 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7988, 36.2721, 8.8563)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D38 #3860C5

analogous

#C55738 #C59D38 #A6C538

triadic

#C59D38 #38C59D #9D38C5

tetradic

#C59D38 #38C557 #3860C5 #C538A6

square

#C59D38 #38C557 #3860C5 #C538A6

split-complementary

#C59D38 #38A6C5 #5738C5

monochromatic

#66511D #95772A #C59D38 #D4B567 #E1CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D38

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D38	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb974',
    500: '#c59d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d38;
$custom-light: #dbb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D38

secondary

#8C9ECD

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D38

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

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