#C59E44#C59E44

#C59E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E44
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 4.64, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 51.31, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0093 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.117 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2982, 36.7437, 10.6481)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E44 #446BC5

analogous

#C55D44 #C59E44 #ACC544

triadic

#C59E44 #44C59E #9E44C5

tetradic

#C59E44 #44C55D #446BC5 #C544AC

square

#C59E44 #44C55D #446BC5 #C544AC

split-complementary

#C59E44 #44ACC5 #5D44C5

monochromatic

#6D5622 #9C7B30 #C59E44 #D3B673 #E2CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C59E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C59E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E44

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E44	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)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba7c',
    500: '#c59e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e44;
$custom-light: #daba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E44

secondary

#96A7CF

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E44

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

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