#C59E34#C59E34

#C59E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E34
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 3.77, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 57.95, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0048 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8748, 36.5743, 8.4182)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E34 #345BC5

analogous

#C55634 #C59E34 #A4C534

triadic

#C59E34 #34C59E #9E34C5

tetradic

#C59E34 #34C556 #345BC5 #C534A4

square

#C59E34 #34C556 #345BC5 #C534A4

split-complementary

#C59E34 #34A4C5 #5634C5

monochromatic

#64501A #957727 #C59E34 #D5B661 #E2CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C59E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C59E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E34

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E34	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)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba72',
    500: '#c59e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e34;
$custom-light: #dbba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71657,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E34

secondary

#889ACD

accent

#70E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E34

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

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