#C49936#C49936

#C49936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49936
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 6.13, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 55.96, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0119 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.124 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8242, 34.7870, 8.3697)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49936 #3661C4

analogous

#C45236 #C49936 #A8C436

triadic

#C49936 #36C499 #9936C4

tetradic

#C49936 #36C452 #3661C4 #C436A8

square

#C49936 #36C452 #3661C4 #C436A8

split-complementary

#C49936 #36A8C4 #5236C4

monochromatic

#644E1C #947429 #C49936 #D4B263 #E1CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C49936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49936

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49936	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab673',
    500: '#c49936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49936;
$custom-light: #dab673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49936

secondary

#899ECC

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49936

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

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