#C59D5E#C59D5E

#C59D5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.094 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59D5E
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 7.14, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 39.02, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0199 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.094 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1050, 36.7946, 15.7352)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59D5E #5E86C5

analogous

#C56A5E #C59D5E #BAC55E

triadic

#C59D5E #5EC59D #9D5EC5

tetradic

#C59D5E #5EC56A #5E86C5 #C55EBA

square

#C59D5E #5EC56A #5E86C5 #C55EBA

split-complementary

#C59D5E #5EBAC5 #6A5EC5

monochromatic

#7C5D2D #A97F3D #C59D5E #D5B88B #E5D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C59D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C59D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59D5E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59D5E	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.094 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b98d',
    500: '#c59d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59d5e;
$custom-light: #d9b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 47.032,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59D5E

secondary

#AABBD4

accent

#85D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59D5E

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

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