#C59E4E#C59E4E

#C59E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E4E
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 5.31, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 46.79, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0126 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.109 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6298, 36.8763, 12.3948)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E4E #4E75C5

analogous

#C5634E #C59E4E #B1C54E

triadic

#C59E4E #4EC59E #9E4EC5

tetradic

#C59E4E #4EC563 #4E75C5 #C54EB1

square

#C59E4E #4EC563 #4E75C5 #C54EB1

split-complementary

#C59E4E #4EB1C5 #634EC5

monochromatic

#735A26 #A17E35 #C59E4E #D4B77C #E3D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C59E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C59E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E4E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E4E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba82',
    500: '#c59e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e4e;
$custom-light: #daba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E4E

secondary

#9EAFD1

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E4E

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

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