#C49235#C49235

#C49235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49235
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 9.89, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 55.14, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0227 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.123 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6886, 32.5531, 7.8765)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49235 #3567C4

analogous

#C44B35 #C49235 #AFC435

triadic

#C49235 #35C492 #9235C4

tetradic

#C49235 #35C44B #3567C4 #C435AF

square

#C49235 #35C44B #3567C4 #C435AF

split-complementary

#C49235 #35AFC4 #4B35C4

monochromatic

#644A1B #946E28 #C49235 #D4AC62 #E1C692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C49235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#C49235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49235

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49235	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)

#A69328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab172',
    500: '#c49235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49235;
$custom-light: #dab172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49235

secondary

#88A0CC

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49235

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

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