#C59E33#C59E33

#C59E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E33
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 3.73, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 58.33, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0046 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.129 88)
XYZ	xyz(35.8525, 36.5654, 8.3008)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E33 #335AC5

analogous

#C55533 #C59E33 #A3C533

triadic

#C59E33 #33C59E #9E33C5

tetradic

#C59E33 #33C555 #335AC5 #C533A3

square

#C59E33 #33C555 #335AC5 #C533A3

split-complementary

#C59E33 #33A3C5 #5533C5

monochromatic

#64501A #947726 #C59E33 #D6B65F #E2CC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C59E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C59E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E33

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E33	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba72',
    500: '#c59e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e33;
$custom-light: #dbba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.36563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E33

secondary

#879ACD

accent

#6FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E33

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

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