#C59D52#C59D52

#C59D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D52
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 6.15, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 44.71, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0155 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.105 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6077, 36.5957, 13.1165)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D52 #527AC5

analogous

#C56352 #C59D52 #B4C552

triadic

#C59D52 #52C59D #9D52C5

tetradic

#C59D52 #52C563 #527AC5 #C552B4

square

#C59D52 #52C563 #527AC5 #C552B4

split-complementary

#C59D52 #52B4C5 #6352C5

monochromatic

#755A27 #A37D37 #C59D52 #D4B780 #E4D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C59D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D52

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D52	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b985',
    500: '#c59d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d52;
$custom-light: #d9b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D52

secondary

#A1B2D2

accent

#7FD94E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D52

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

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