#C49938#C49938

#C49938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49938
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 6.23, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 55.15, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0125 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.123 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8721, 34.8062, 8.6222)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49938 #3863C4

analogous

#C45338 #C49938 #A9C438

triadic

#C49938 #38C499 #9938C4

tetradic

#C49938 #38C453 #3863C4 #C438A9

square

#C49938 #38C453 #3863C4 #C438A9

split-complementary

#C49938 #38A9C4 #5338C4

monochromatic

#654F1D #94742A #C49938 #D3B266 #E1CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C49938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49938

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49938	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab674',
    500: '#c49938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49938;
$custom-light: #dab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49938

secondary

#8C9FCC

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49938

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

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