#C49B2A#C49B2A

#C49B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B2A
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 4.53, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 60.80, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.006 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.132 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9064, 35.3480, 7.1744)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B2A #2A53C4

analogous

#C44E2A #C49B2A #A0C42A

triadic

#C49B2A #2AC49B #9B2AC4

tetradic

#C49B2A #2AC44E #2A53C4 #C42AA0

square

#C49B2A #2AC44E #2A53C4 #C42AA0

split-complementary

#C49B2A #2AA0C4 #4E2AC4

monochromatic

#5F4B14 #92731F #C49B2A #DAB551 #E5CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C49B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B2A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B2A	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb86d',
    500: '#c49b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b2a;
$custom-light: #dbb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.026,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B2A

secondary

#7C92CE

accent

#6DE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B2A

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

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