#C59E35#C59E35

#C59E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E35
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 3.82, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 57.56, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0051 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.127 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8975, 36.5834, 8.5380)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E35 #355CC5

analogous

#C55635 #C59E35 #A4C535

triadic

#C59E35 #35C59E #9E35C5

tetradic

#C59E35 #35C556 #355CC5 #C535A4

square

#C59E35 #35C556 #355CC5 #C535A4

split-complementary

#C59E35 #35A4C5 #5635C5

monochromatic

#65511B #957728 #C59E35 #D5B662 #E2CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C59E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C59E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E35

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E35	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba73',
    500: '#c59e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e35;
$custom-light: #dbba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E35

secondary

#899BCD

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E35

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

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