#C49239#C49239

#C49239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49239
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 10.10, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 53.52, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0238 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.12 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7845, 32.5915, 8.3815)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49239 #396BC4

analogous

#C44C39 #C49239 #B1C439

triadic

#C49239 #39C492 #9239C4

tetradic

#C49239 #39C44C #396BC4 #C439B1

square

#C49239 #39C44C #396BC4 #C439B1

split-complementary

#C49239 #39B1C4 #4C39C4

monochromatic

#654B1D #956F2B #C49239 #D3AC67 #E1C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C49239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#C49239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49239

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49239	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab174',
    500: '#c49239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49239;
$custom-light: #dab174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49239

secondary

#8DA3CC

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49239

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

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