#C49233#C49233

#C49233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49233
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 9.80, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 55.93, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0222 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.124 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6436, 32.5351, 7.6393)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49233 #3365C4

analogous

#C44933 #C49233 #ADC433

triadic

#C49233 #33C492 #9233C4

tetradic

#C49233 #33C449 #3365C4 #C433AD

square

#C49233 #33C449 #3365C4 #C433AD

split-complementary

#C49233 #33ADC4 #4933C4

monochromatic

#634A1A #936E26 #C49233 #D5AC5F #E2C68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C49233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#C49233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49233

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49233	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab171',
    500: '#c49233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49233;
$custom-light: #dab171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69139,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49233

secondary

#869ECD

accent

#7CE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49233

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

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