#C59E38#C59E38

#C59E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E38
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 3.97, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 56.38, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0059 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.125 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9687, 36.6119, 8.9129)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E38 #385FC5

analogous

#C55738 #C59E38 #A6C538

triadic

#C59E38 #38C59E #9E38C5

tetradic

#C59E38 #38C557 #385FC5 #C538A6

square

#C59E38 #38C557 #385FC5 #C538A6

split-complementary

#C59E38 #38A6C5 #5738C5

monochromatic

#66521D #95782A #C59E38 #D4B567 #E1CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C59E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E38

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E38	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba75',
    500: '#c59e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e38;
$custom-light: #dbba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E38

secondary

#8C9ECD

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E38

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

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