#C49638#C49638

#C49638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49638
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 7.86, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 54.59, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0172 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.122 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3872, 33.8364, 8.4606)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49638 #3866C4

analogous

#C45038 #C49638 #ACC438

triadic

#C49638 #38C496 #9638C4

tetradic

#C49638 #38C450 #3866C4 #C438AC

square

#C49638 #38C450 #3866C4 #C438AC

split-complementary

#C49638 #38ACC4 #5038C4

monochromatic

#654D1D #94722A #C49638 #D3AF66 #E1C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C49638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#C49638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49638

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49638	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab474',
    500: '#c49638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49638;
$custom-light: #dab474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69974,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49638

secondary

#8CA1CC

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49638

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

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