#C59E4F#C59E4F

#C59E4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59E4F
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 79)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 5.38, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 46.33, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0129 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.108 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6659, 36.8908, 12.5850)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59E4F #4F76C5

analogous

#C5634F #C59E4F #B1C54F

triadic

#C59E4F #4FC59E #9E4FC5

tetradic

#C59E4F #4FC563 #4F76C5 #C54FB1

square

#C59E4F #4FC563 #4F76C5 #C54FB1

split-complementary

#C59E4F #4FB1C5 #634FC5

monochromatic

#745A26 #A27E35 #C59E4F #D4B77D #E3D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C59E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C59E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59E4F

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59E4F	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba83',
    500: '#c59e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59e4f;
$custom-light: #daba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 50.427,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59E4F

secondary

#9FAFD1

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59E4F

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

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