#C49A32#C49A32

#C49A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A32
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 5.40, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 57.71, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0094 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.127 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8984, 35.0797, 7.9500)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A32 #325CC4

analogous

#C45132 #C49A32 #A5C432

triadic

#C49A32 #32C49A #9A32C4

tetradic

#C49A32 #32C451 #325CC4 #C432A5

square

#C49A32 #32C451 #325CC4 #C432A5

split-complementary

#C49A32 #32A5C4 #5132C4

monochromatic

#624D19 #937426 #C49A32 #D6B35D #E2CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C49A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A32

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A32	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab771',
    500: '#c49a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a32;
$custom-light: #dab771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A32

secondary

#859ACD

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A32

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

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