#C49836#C49836

#C49836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49836
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 6.68, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 55.77, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0135 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.124 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6612, 34.4610, 8.3154)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49836 #3662C4

analogous

#C45136 #C49836 #A9C436

triadic

#C49836 #36C498 #9836C4

tetradic

#C49836 #36C451 #3662C4 #C436A9

square

#C49836 #36C451 #3662C4 #C436A9

split-complementary

#C49836 #36A9C4 #5136C4

monochromatic

#644E1C #947329 #C49836 #D4B163 #E1C993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C49836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C49836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49836

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49836	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab673',
    500: '#c49836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49836;
$custom-light: #dab673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49836

secondary

#899ECC

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49836

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

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