#C59D3F#C59D3F

#C59D3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D3F
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 4.88, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 53.26, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0094 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.12 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9822, 36.3455, 9.8218)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D3F #3F67C5

analogous

#C55A3F #C59D3F #AAC53F

triadic

#C59D3F #3FC59D #9D3FC5

tetradic

#C59D3F #3FC55A #3F67C5 #C53FAA

square

#C59D3F #3FC55A #3F67C5 #C53FAA

split-complementary

#C59D3F #3FAAC5 #5A3FC5

monochromatic

#6A5420 #99792E #C59D3F #D3B56E #E1CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C59D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D3F

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D3F	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)

#AF9C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab979',
    500: '#c59d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d3f;
$custom-light: #dab979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D3F

secondary

#92A4CE

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D3F

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

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