#C49933#C49933

#C49933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49933
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 5.99, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 57.14, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0112 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.126 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7559, 34.7597, 8.0100)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49933 #335EC4

analogous

#C45033 #C49933 #A6C433

triadic

#C49933 #33C499 #9933C4

tetradic

#C49933 #33C450 #335EC4 #C433A6

square

#C49933 #33C450 #335EC4 #C433A6

split-complementary

#C49933 #33A6C4 #5033C4

monochromatic

#634D1A #937326 #C49933 #D5B25F #E2C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C49933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49933

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49933	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)

#AC9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab671',
    500: '#c49933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49933;
$custom-light: #dab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70534,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49933

secondary

#869BCD

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49933

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

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