#C49231#C49231

#C49231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49231
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 9.71, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 56.71, 80.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0217 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.125 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.6004, 32.5179, 7.4120)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49231 #3163C4

analogous

#C44931 #C49231 #ACC431

triadic

#C49231 #31C492 #9231C4

tetradic

#C49231 #31C449 #3163C4 #C431AC

square

#C49231 #31C449 #3163C4 #C431AC

split-complementary

#C49231 #31ACC4 #4931C4

monochromatic

#624919 #936E25 #C49231 #D6AD5C #E2C58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C49231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C49231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49231

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49231	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb170',
    500: '#c49231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49231;
$custom-light: #dbb170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69123,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.32515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49231

secondary

#849DCD

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49231

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

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