#C59D43#C59D43

#C59D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D43
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 5.12, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 51.53, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0106 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.117 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0980, 36.3918, 10.4321)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D43 #436BC5

analogous

#C55C43 #C59D43 #ACC543

triadic

#C59D43 #43C59D #9D43C5

tetradic

#C59D43 #43C55C #436BC5 #C543AC

square

#C59D43 #43C55C #436BC5 #C543AC

split-complementary

#C59D43 #43ACC5 #5C43C5

monochromatic

#6C5521 #9B7A30 #C59D43 #D3B572 #E2CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C59D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C59D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D43

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D43	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)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab97b',
    500: '#c59d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d43;
$custom-light: #dab97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D43

secondary

#95A7CE

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D43

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

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