#C59D41#C59D41

#C59D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D41
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 5.00, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 52.40, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.01 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.119 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0391, 36.3682, 10.1216)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D41 #4169C5

analogous

#C55B41 #C59D41 #ABC541

triadic

#C59D41 #41C59D #9D41C5

tetradic

#C59D41 #41C55B #4169C5 #C541AB

square

#C59D41 #41C55B #4169C5 #C541AB

split-complementary

#C59D41 #41ABC5 #5B41C5

monochromatic

#6B5421 #9A792F #C59D41 #D3B570 #E2CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C59D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D41

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D41	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)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab97a',
    500: '#c59d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d41;
$custom-light: #dab97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D41

secondary

#94A5CE

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D41

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

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