#C59E3A#C59E3A

#C59E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E3A
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 4.07, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 55.57, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0064 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.124 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.0186, 36.6319, 9.1757)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E3A #3A61C5

analogous

#C5583A #C59E3A #A7C53A

triadic

#C59E3A #3AC59E #9E3AC5

tetradic

#C59E3A #3AC558 #3A61C5 #C53AA7

square

#C59E3A #3AC558 #3A61C5 #C53AA7

split-complementary

#C59E3A #3AA7C5 #583AC5

monochromatic

#66521E #96782C #C59E3A #D3B569 #E1CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C59E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E3A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E3A	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbba76',
    500: '#c59e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e3a;
$custom-light: #dbba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71706,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.3663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E3A

secondary

#8EA0CD

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E3A

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

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