#C49533#C49533

#C49533 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49533
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 8.16, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 56.41, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0174 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.125 82)
XYZ	xyz(34.1121, 33.4722, 7.7955)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49533 #3362C4

analogous

#C44D33 #C49533 #AAC433

triadic

#C49533 #33C495 #9533C4

tetradic

#C49533 #33C44D #3362C4 #C433AA

square

#C49533 #33C44D #3362C4 #C433AA

split-complementary

#C49533 #33AAC4 #4D33C4

monochromatic

#634B1A #937026 #C49533 #D5AF5F #E2C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C49533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#C49533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49533

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49533	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab371',
    500: '#c49533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49533;
$custom-light: #dab371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.3347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49533

secondary

#869DCD

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49533

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

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