#C49A31#C49A31

#C49A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A31
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 5.36, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 58.09, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0091 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.128 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8771, 35.0711, 7.8376)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A31 #315BC4

analogous

#C45031 #C49A31 #A4C431

triadic

#C49A31 #31C49A #9A31C4

tetradic

#C49A31 #31C450 #315BC4 #C431A4

square

#C49A31 #31C450 #315BC4 #C431A4

split-complementary

#C49A31 #31A4C4 #5031C4

monochromatic

#624D19 #937425 #C49A31 #D6B35C #E2CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C49A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A31

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab770',
    500: '#c49a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a31;
$custom-light: #dab770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70721,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A31

secondary

#8499CD

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A31

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

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