#C49535#C49535

#C49535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49535
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 8.26, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 55.62, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.018 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.123 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1572, 33.4902, 8.0327)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49535 #3564C4

analogous

#C44E35 #C49535 #ACC435

triadic

#C49535 #35C495 #9535C4

tetradic

#C49535 #35C44E #3564C4 #C435AC

square

#C49535 #35C44E #3564C4 #C435AC

split-complementary

#C49535 #35ACC4 #4E35C4

monochromatic

#644C1B #947028 #C49535 #D4AF62 #E1C792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C49535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#C49535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49535

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49535	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab372',
    500: '#c49535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49535;
$custom-light: #dab372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49535

secondary

#889FCC

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49535

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

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