#C49838#C49838

#C49838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49838
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 6.77, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 54.96, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.014 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.123 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7091, 34.4802, 8.5678)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49838 #3864C4

analogous

#C45238 #C49838 #AAC438

triadic

#C49838 #38C498 #9838C4

tetradic

#C49838 #38C452 #3864C4 #C438AA

square

#C49838 #38C452 #3864C4 #C438AA

split-complementary

#C49838 #38AAC4 #5238C4

monochromatic

#654E1D #94732A #C49838 #D3B166 #E1C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C49838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#C49838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49838

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49838	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab674',
    500: '#c49838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49838;
$custom-light: #dab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49838

secondary

#8CA0CC

accent

#78DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49838

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

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