#C49A30#C49A30

#C49A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A30
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 5.32, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 58.47, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0089 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.128 86)
XYZ	xyz(34.8562, 35.0628, 7.7277)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A30 #305AC4

analogous

#C45030 #C49A30 #A4C430

triadic

#C49A30 #30C49A #9A30C4

tetradic

#C49A30 #30C450 #305AC4 #C430A4

square

#C49A30 #30C450 #305AC4 #C430A4

split-complementary

#C49A30 #30A4C4 #5030C4

monochromatic

#624D18 #937324 #C49A30 #D7B35A #E3CA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C49A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A30

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A30	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab770',
    500: '#c49a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a30;
$custom-light: #dab770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.3506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A30

secondary

#8398CD

accent

#71E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A30

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

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