#C59D3E#C59D3E

#C59D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D3E
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 4.82, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 53.68, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0091 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.121 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9545, 36.3344, 9.6760)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D3E #3E66C5

analogous

#C5593E #C59D3E #AAC53E

triadic

#C59D3E #3EC59D #9D3EC5

tetradic

#C59D3E #3EC559 #3E66C5 #C53EAA

square

#C59D3E #3EC559 #3E66C5 #C53EAA

split-complementary

#C59D3E #3EAAC5 #593EC5

monochromatic

#695320 #98792E #C59D3E #D3B56D #E1CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C59D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D3E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D3E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab978',
    500: '#c59d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d3e;
$custom-light: #dab978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D3E

secondary

#91A3CD

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D3E

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

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