#C49A33#C49A33

#C49A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A33
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 5.45, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 57.33, 84.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0096 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.126 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9202, 35.0884, 8.0648)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A33 #335DC4

analogous

#C45233 #C49A33 #A5C433

triadic

#C49A33 #33C49A #9A33C4

tetradic

#C49A33 #33C452 #335DC4 #C433A5

square

#C49A33 #33C452 #335DC4 #C433A5

split-complementary

#C49A33 #33A5C4 #5233C4

monochromatic

#634E1A #937426 #C49A33 #D5B35F #E2CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C49A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A33

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A33	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)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab771',
    500: '#c49a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a33;
$custom-light: #dab771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A33

secondary

#869BCD

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A33

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

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