#C49A37#C49A37

#C49A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A37
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 5.64, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 55.76, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0106 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.124 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0122, 35.1252, 8.5494)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A37 #3761C4

analogous

#C45437 #C49A37 #A8C437

triadic

#C49A37 #37C49A #9A37C4

tetradic

#C49A37 #37C454 #3761C4 #C437A8

square

#C49A37 #37C454 #3761C4 #C437A8

split-complementary

#C49A37 #37A8C4 #5437C4

monochromatic

#644F1C #94742A #C49A37 #D4B365 #E1CA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C49A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C49A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A37

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab774',
    500: '#c49a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a37;
$custom-light: #dab774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A37

secondary

#8B9ECC

accent

#75DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A37

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

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