#C59E3D#C59E3D

#C59E3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E3D
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 4.23, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 54.33, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0072 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.122 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0972, 36.6633, 9.5894)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E3D #3D64C5

analogous

#C55A3D #C59E3D #A8C53D

triadic

#C59E3D #3DC59E #9E3DC5

tetradic

#C59E3D #3DC55A #3D64C5 #C53DA8

square

#C59E3D #3DC55A #3D64C5 #C53DA8

split-complementary

#C59E3D #3DA8C5 #5A3DC5

monochromatic

#68531F #98792D #C59E3D #D3B66C #E1CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C59E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E3D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E3D	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)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba77',
    500: '#c59e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e3d;
$custom-light: #daba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E3D

secondary

#91A2CD

accent

#75DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E3D

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

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