#C49A36#C49A36

#C49A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A36
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 5.59, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 56.16, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0104 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.125 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9885, 35.1157, 8.4245)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A36 #3660C4

analogous

#C45336 #C49A36 #A7C436

triadic

#C49A36 #36C49A #9A36C4

tetradic

#C49A36 #36C453 #3660C4 #C436A7

square

#C49A36 #36C453 #3660C4 #C436A7

split-complementary

#C49A36 #36A7C4 #5336C4

monochromatic

#644F1C #947429 #C49A36 #D4B363 #E1CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C49A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A36

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A36	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab773',
    500: '#c49a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a36;
$custom-light: #dab773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70759,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A36

secondary

#899DCC

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A36

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

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