#C59D40#C59D40

#C59D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D40
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 4.94, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 52.83, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0097 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.119 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0104, 36.3568, 9.9704)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D40 #4068C5

analogous

#C55A40 #C59D40 #AAC540

triadic

#C59D40 #40C59D #9D40C5

tetradic

#C59D40 #40C55A #4068C5 #C540AA

square

#C59D40 #40C55A #4068C5 #C540AA

split-complementary

#C59D40 #40AAC5 #5A40C5

monochromatic

#6A5420 #99792F #C59D40 #D3B56F #E2CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C59D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D40

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D40	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)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab979',
    500: '#c59d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d40;
$custom-light: #dab979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D40

secondary

#93A5CE

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D40

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

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