#C49937#C49937

#C49937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49937
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 6.18, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 55.56, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0122 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.124 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8479, 34.7965, 8.4947)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49937 #3762C4

analogous

#C45337 #C49937 #A9C437

triadic

#C49937 #37C499 #9937C4

tetradic

#C49937 #37C453 #3762C4 #C437A9

square

#C49937 #37C453 #3762C4 #C437A9

split-complementary

#C49937 #37A9C4 #5337C4

monochromatic

#644E1C #94742A #C49937 #D4B265 #E1CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C49937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49937

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49937	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab674',
    500: '#c49937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49937;
$custom-light: #dab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49937

secondary

#8B9FCC

accent

#76DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49937

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

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