#C49835#C49835

#C49835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49835
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 6.63, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.16, 83.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0132 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.124 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6379, 34.4517, 8.1930)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49835 #3561C4

analogous

#C45035 #C49835 #A9C435

triadic

#C49835 #35C498 #9835C4

tetradic

#C49835 #35C450 #3561C4 #C435A9

square

#C49835 #35C450 #3561C4 #C435A9

split-complementary

#C49835 #35A9C4 #5035C4

monochromatic

#644D1B #947328 #C49835 #D4B162 #E1C992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C49835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C49835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49835

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49835	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab672',
    500: '#c49835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49835;
$custom-light: #dab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70349,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49835

secondary

#889DCC

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49835

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

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