#C59E41#C59E41

#C59E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E41
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 4.46, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 52.62, 85.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0084 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.119 86)
XYZ	xyz(36.2090, 36.7080, 10.1782)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E41 #4168C5

analogous

#C55C41 #C59E41 #AAC541

triadic

#C59E41 #41C59E #9E41C5

tetradic

#C59E41 #41C55C #4168C5 #C541AA

square

#C59E41 #41C55C #4168C5 #C541AA

split-complementary

#C59E41 #41AAC5 #5C41C5

monochromatic

#6B5521 #9A7A2F #C59E41 #D3B670 #E2CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C59E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E41

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E41	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba7a',
    500: '#c59e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e41;
$custom-light: #daba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.36706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E41

secondary

#94A5CE

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E41

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

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