#C59E36#C59E36

#C59E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E36
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 3.87, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 57.17, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0053 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.127 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9208, 36.5927, 8.6605)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E36 #365DC5

analogous

#C55636 #C59E36 #A5C536

triadic

#C59E36 #36C59E #9E36C5

tetradic

#C59E36 #36C556 #365DC5 #C536A5

square

#C59E36 #36C556 #365DC5 #C536A5

split-complementary

#C59E36 #36A5C5 #5636C5

monochromatic

#65511C #957729 #C59E36 #D4B664 #E2CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C59E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E36

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E36	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)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba73',
    500: '#c59e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e36;
$custom-light: #dbba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E36

secondary

#8A9CCD

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E36

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

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