#C49935#C49935

#C49935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49935
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 6.08, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 56.35, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0117 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.125 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8009, 34.7777, 8.2473)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49935 #3560C4

analogous

#C45235 #C49935 #A8C435

triadic

#C49935 #35C499 #9935C4

tetradic

#C49935 #35C452 #3560C4 #C435A8

square

#C49935 #35C452 #3560C4 #C435A8

split-complementary

#C49935 #35A8C4 #5235C4

monochromatic

#644E1B #947328 #C49935 #D4B262 #E1CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C49935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49935

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49935	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)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab672',
    500: '#c49935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49935;
$custom-light: #dab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49935

secondary

#889DCC

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49935

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

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