#C59F3C#C59F3C

#C59F3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59F3C
RGB	rgb(197, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 3.63, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 54.97, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0054 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.123 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2417, 36.9951, 9.5060)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59F3C #3C62C5

analogous

#C55B3C #C59F3C #A6C53C

triadic

#C59F3C #3CC59F #9F3CC5

tetradic

#C59F3C #3CC55B #3C62C5 #C53CA6

square

#C59F3C #3CC55B #3C62C5 #C53CA6

split-complementary

#C59F3C #3CA6C5 #5B3CC5

monochromatic

#68541F #977A2D #C59F3C #D3B66B #E1CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C59F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C59F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59F3C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59F3C	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb77',
    500: '#c59f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59f3c;
$custom-light: #dabb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59F3C

secondary

#90A1CD

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59F3C

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

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