#C49536#C49536

#C49536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49536
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 8.31, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 55.23, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0182 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.123 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1804, 33.4995, 8.1551)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49536 #3665C4

analogous

#C44E36 #C49536 #ACC436

triadic

#C49536 #36C495 #9536C4

tetradic

#C49536 #36C44E #3665C4 #C436AC

square

#C49536 #36C44E #3665C4 #C436AC

split-complementary

#C49536 #36ACC4 #4E36C4

monochromatic

#644C1C #947129 #C49536 #D4AF63 #E1C793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C49536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#C49536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49536

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49536	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)

#A89629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab373',
    500: '#c49536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49536;
$custom-light: #dab373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49536

secondary

#89A0CC

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49536

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

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