#C49037#C49037

#C49037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49037
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 11.09, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 54.05, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0264 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.121 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4300, 31.9607, 8.0220)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49037 #376BC4

analogous

#C44937 #C49037 #B2C437

triadic

#C49037 #37C490 #9037C4

tetradic

#C49037 #37C449 #376BC4 #C437B2

square

#C49037 #37C449 #376BC4 #C437B2

split-complementary

#C49037 #37B2C4 #4937C4

monochromatic

#644A1C #946D2A #C49037 #D4AB65 #E1C594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C49037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#C49037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49037

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49037	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab073',
    500: '#c49037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49037;
$custom-light: #dab073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68779,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49037

secondary

#8BA3CC

accent

#80DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49037

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →