#C59F35#C59F35

#C59F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59F35
RGB	rgb(197, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 3.28, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 57.78, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0035 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.128 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0688, 36.9260, 8.5951)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59F35 #355BC5

analogous

#C55735 #C59F35 #A3C535

triadic

#C59F35 #35C59F #9F35C5

tetradic

#C59F35 #35C557 #355BC5 #C535A3

square

#C59F35 #35C557 #355BC5 #C535A3

split-complementary

#C59F35 #35A3C5 #5735C5

monochromatic

#65511B #957828 #C59F35 #D5B762 #E2CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C59F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C59F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59F35

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59F35	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb73',
    500: '#c59f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59f35;
$custom-light: #dbbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59F35

secondary

#899BCD

accent

#70E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59F35

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

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