#C59F31#C59F31

#C59F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59F31
RGB	rgb(197, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 3.10, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 59.30, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0026 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.13 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9806, 36.8907, 8.1306)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59F31 #3157C5

analogous

#C55531 #C59F31 #A1C531

triadic

#C59F31 #31C59F #9F31C5

tetradic

#C59F31 #31C555 #3157C5 #C531A1

square

#C59F31 #31C555 #3157C5 #C531A1

split-complementary

#C59F31 #31A1C5 #5531C5

monochromatic

#635019 #947725 #C59F31 #D7B75D #E3CD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C59F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C59F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59F31

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59F31	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)

#B29E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb71',
    500: '#c59f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59f31;
$custom-light: #dbbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71839,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59F31

secondary

#8597CD

accent

#6DE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59F31

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

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