#C49637#C49637

#C49637 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49637
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 7.81, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 55.00, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0169 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.123 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3630, 33.8268, 8.3330)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49637 #3765C4

analogous

#C45037 #C49637 #ABC437

triadic

#C49637 #37C496 #9637C4

tetradic

#C49637 #37C450 #3765C4 #C437AB

square

#C49637 #37C450 #3765C4 #C437AB

split-complementary

#C49637 #37ABC4 #5037C4

monochromatic

#644D1C #94712A #C49637 #D4AF65 #E1C894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C49637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#C49637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49637

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49637	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab473',
    500: '#c49637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49637;
$custom-light: #dab473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69965,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49637

secondary

#8BA0CC

accent

#7ADF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49637

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

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