#C49436#C49436

#C49436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49436
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 8.85, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 55.06, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0198 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.123 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0229, 33.1844, 8.1026)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49436 #3666C4

analogous

#C44D36 #C49436 #ADC436

triadic

#C49436 #36C494 #9436C4

tetradic

#C49436 #36C44D #3666C4 #C436AD

square

#C49436 #36C44D #3666C4 #C436AD

split-complementary

#C49436 #36ADC4 #4D36C4

monochromatic

#644C1C #947029 #C49436 #D4AE63 #E1C793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#C49436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#C49436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49436

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49436	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab373',
    500: '#c49436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49436;
$custom-light: #dab373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49436

secondary

#89A0CC

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49436

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

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