#C59E37#C59E37

#C59E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E37
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 3.92, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 56.78, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0056 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.126 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9445, 36.6022, 8.7854)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E37 #375EC5

analogous

#C55737 #C59E37 #A5C537

triadic

#C59E37 #37C59E #9E37C5

tetradic

#C59E37 #37C557 #375EC5 #C537A5

square

#C59E37 #37C557 #375EC5 #C537A5

split-complementary

#C59E37 #37A5C5 #5737C5

monochromatic

#65511C #95782A #C59E37 #D4B665 #E1CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C59E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E37

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E37	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba74',
    500: '#c59e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e37;
$custom-light: #dbba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E37

secondary

#8B9DCD

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E37

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

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