#C49932#C49932

#C49932 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49932
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 5.95, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 57.52, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0109 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.127 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7341, 34.7509, 7.8952)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49932 #325DC4

analogous

#C45032 #C49932 #A6C432

triadic

#C49932 #32C499 #9932C4

tetradic

#C49932 #32C450 #325DC4 #C432A6

square

#C49932 #32C450 #325DC4 #C432A6

split-complementary

#C49932 #32A6C4 #5032C4

monochromatic

#624D19 #937326 #C49932 #D6B25D #E2C98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C49932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49932

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49932	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab671',
    500: '#c49932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49932;
$custom-light: #dab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70527,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49932

secondary

#859ACD

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49932

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

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