#C59D42#C59D42

#C59D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D42
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 5.06, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 51.96, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0103 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.118 85)
XYZ	xyz(36.0683, 36.3799, 10.2755)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D42 #426AC5

analogous

#C55C42 #C59D42 #ACC542

triadic

#C59D42 #42C59D #9D42C5

tetradic

#C59D42 #42C55C #426AC5 #C542AC

square

#C59D42 #42C55C #426AC5 #C542AC

split-complementary

#C59D42 #42ACC5 #5C42C5

monochromatic

#6C5521 #9A7A2F #C59D42 #D3B571 #E2CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C59D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D42

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D42	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab97a',
    500: '#c59d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d42;
$custom-light: #dab97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71577,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.36378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D42

secondary

#95A6CE

accent

#78DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D42

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

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