#C59D39#C59D39

#C59D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D39
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 4.56, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 55.76, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0077 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.124 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8235, 36.2820, 8.9864)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D39 #3961C5

analogous

#C55739 #C59D39 #A7C539

triadic

#C59D39 #39C59D #9D39C5

tetradic

#C59D39 #39C557 #3961C5 #C539A7

square

#C59D39 #39C557 #3961C5 #C539A7

split-complementary

#C59D39 #39A7C5 #5739C5

monochromatic

#66511E #96772B #C59D39 #D3B568 #E1CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C59D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D39

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D39	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb975',
    500: '#c59d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d39;
$custom-light: #dbb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71495,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D39

secondary

#8D9FCD

accent

#74DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D39

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

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