#C59D4E#C59D4E

#C59D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D4E
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 5.85, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 46.57, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0141 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.108 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4599, 36.5366, 12.3381)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D4E #4E76C5

analogous

#C5624E #C59D4E #B2C54E

triadic

#C59D4E #4EC59D #9D4EC5

tetradic

#C59D4E #4EC562 #4E76C5 #C54EB2

square

#C59D4E #4EC562 #4E76C5 #C54EB2

split-complementary

#C59D4E #4EB2C5 #624EC5

monochromatic

#735926 #A17D35 #C59D4E #D4B77C #E3D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C59D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C59D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D4E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D4E	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab982',
    500: '#c59d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d4e;
$custom-light: #dab982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D4E

secondary

#9EAFD1

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D4E

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

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