#C49939#C49939

#C49939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49939
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 6.28, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 54.75, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0127 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.122 84)
XYZ	xyz(34.8968, 34.8160, 8.7523)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49939 #3964C4

analogous

#C45439 #C49939 #AAC439

triadic

#C49939 #39C499 #9939C4

tetradic

#C49939 #39C454 #3964C4 #C439AA

square

#C49939 #39C454 #3964C4 #C439AA

split-complementary

#C49939 #39AAC4 #5439C4

monochromatic

#654F1D #95742B #C49939 #D3B267 #E1CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C49939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C49939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49939

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49939	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)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab675',
    500: '#c49939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49939;
$custom-light: #dab675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49939

secondary

#8DA0CC

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49939

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

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