#C49237#C49237

#C49237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49237
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 9.99, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.34, 79.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.0233 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.121 79)
XYZ	xyz(33.7356, 32.5719, 8.1239)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49237 #3769C4

analogous

#C44B37 #C49237 #B0C437

triadic

#C49237 #37C492 #9237C4

tetradic

#C49237 #37C44B #3769C4 #C437B0

square

#C49237 #37C44B #3769C4 #C437B0

split-complementary

#C49237 #37B0C4 #4B37C4

monochromatic

#644B1C #946E2A #C49237 #D4AC65 #E1C694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C49237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#C49237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49237

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49237	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#A6932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab173',
    500: '#c49237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49237;
$custom-light: #dab173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69172,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.32569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49237

secondary

#8BA2CC

accent

#7EDF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49237

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

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