#C59E43#C59E43

#C59E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E43
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 4.58, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 51.75, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.009 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.118 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2679, 36.7316, 10.4887)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E43 #436AC5

analogous

#C55D43 #C59E43 #ABC543

triadic

#C59E43 #43C59E #9E43C5

tetradic

#C59E43 #43C55D #436AC5 #C543AB

square

#C59E43 #43C55D #436AC5 #C543AB

split-complementary

#C59E43 #43ABC5 #5D43C5

monochromatic

#6C5621 #9B7B30 #C59E43 #D3B672 #E2CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C59E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E43

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E43	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba7b',
    500: '#c59e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e43;
$custom-light: #daba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E43

secondary

#95A6CE

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E43

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

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