#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
RGBrgb(197, 158, 55)
HSLhsl(44, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.98, 3.92, 56.64)
CIE-LCHlch(66.98, 56.78, 86.05°)
OKLaboklab(71.68% 0.0056 0.126)
OKLCHoklch(71.68% 0.126 87.5)
XYZxyz(35.9445, 36.6022, 8.7854)
Luminance0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C59E371.002.528.328.32
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3221.001.001.00
##0000008.3221.001.001.00

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

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#C59E37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva