#C49138#C49138

#C49138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49138
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 10.59, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 53.78, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0251 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.121 78)
XYZ	xyz(33.6063, 32.2747, 8.2003)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49138 #386BC4

analogous

#C44B38 #C49138 #B1C438

triadic

#C49138 #38C491 #9138C4

tetradic

#C49138 #38C44B #386BC4 #C438B1

square

#C49138 #38C44B #386BC4 #C438B1

split-complementary

#C49138 #38B1C4 #4B38C4

monochromatic

#654B1D #946E2A #C49138 #D3AB66 #E1C596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#C49138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#C49138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49138

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49138	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab173',
    500: '#c49138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49138;
$custom-light: #dab173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.32272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49138

secondary

#8CA3CC

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49138

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

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