#C59F36#C59F36

#C59F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59F36
RGB	rgb(197, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 3.33, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 57.39, 86.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0038 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.127 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0920, 36.9353, 8.7175)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59F36 #365CC5

analogous

#C55836 #C59F36 #A4C536

triadic

#C59F36 #36C59F #9F36C5

tetradic

#C59F36 #36C558 #365CC5 #C536A4

square

#C59F36 #36C558 #365CC5 #C536A4

split-complementary

#C59F36 #36A4C5 #5836C5

monochromatic

#65511C #957829 #C59F36 #D4B764 #E2CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C59F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C59F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59F36

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59F36	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb74',
    500: '#c59f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59f36;
$custom-light: #dbbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71876,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59F36

secondary

#8A9CCD

accent

#70E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59F36

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

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