#C59D3D#C59D3D

#C59D3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D3D
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 4.77, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 54.10, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0088 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.122 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9273, 36.3235, 9.5328)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D3D #3D65C5

analogous

#C5593D #C59D3D #A9C53D

triadic

#C59D3D #3DC59D #9D3DC5

tetradic

#C59D3D #3DC559 #3D65C5 #C53DA9

square

#C59D3D #3DC559 #3D65C5 #C53DA9

split-complementary

#C59D3D #3DA9C5 #593DC5

monochromatic

#68531F #98782D #C59D3D #D3B56C #E1CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C59D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D3D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D3D	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)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab977',
    500: '#c59d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d3d;
$custom-light: #dab977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D3D

secondary

#91A2CD

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D3D

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

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