#C59F3E#C59F3E

#C59F3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59F3E
RGB	rgb(197, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 3.74, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 54.13, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.006 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.122 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2956, 37.0167, 9.7897)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59F3E #3E64C5

analogous

#C55B3E #C59F3E #A7C53E

triadic

#C59F3E #3EC59F #9F3EC5

tetradic

#C59F3E #3EC55B #3E64C5 #C53EA7

square

#C59F3E #3EC55B #3E64C5 #C53EA7

split-complementary

#C59F3E #3EA7C5 #5B3EC5

monochromatic

#695420 #987A2E #C59F3E #D3B66D #E1CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C59F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C59F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59F3E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59F3E	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)

#B19E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb78',
    500: '#c59f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59f3e;
$custom-light: #dabb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59F3E

secondary

#91A2CD

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59F3E

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

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