#C49B2E#C49B2E

#C49B2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B2E
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 4.69, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 59.40, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0069 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.13 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.9816, 35.3781, 7.5704)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B2E #2E57C4

analogous

#C4502E #C49B2E #A2C42E

triadic

#C49B2E #2EC49B #9B2EC4

tetradic

#C49B2E #2EC450 #2E57C4 #C42EA2

square

#C49B2E #2EC450 #2E57C4 #C42EA2

split-complementary

#C49B2E #2EA2C4 #502EC4

monochromatic

#614D17 #927422 #C49B2E #D8B558 #E3CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C49B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B2E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B2E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab86f',
    500: '#c49b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b2e;
$custom-light: #dab86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70902,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B2E

secondary

#8196CD

accent

#6FE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B2E

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

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