#C49A35#C49A35

#C49A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A35
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 5.54, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 56.55, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0101 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.125 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9653, 35.1064, 8.3021)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A35 #355FC4

analogous

#C45335 #C49A35 #A7C435

triadic

#C49A35 #35C49A #9A35C4

tetradic

#C49A35 #35C453 #355FC4 #C435A7

square

#C49A35 #35C453 #355FC4 #C435A7

split-complementary

#C49A35 #35A7C4 #5335C4

monochromatic

#644E1B #947428 #C49A35 #D4B362 #E1CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C49A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A35

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A35	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)

#AD9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab773',
    500: '#c49a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a35;
$custom-light: #dab773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70751,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A35

secondary

#889CCC

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A35

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

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