#C49B30#C49B30

#C49B30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B30
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 4.77, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 58.67, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0073 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.129 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0219, 35.3942, 7.7829)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B30 #3059C4

analogous

#C45130 #C49B30 #A3C430

triadic

#C49B30 #30C49B #9B30C4

tetradic

#C49B30 #30C451 #3059C4 #C430A3

square

#C49B30 #30C451 #3059C4 #C430A3

split-complementary

#C49B30 #30A3C4 #5130C4

monochromatic

#624D18 #937424 #C49B30 #D7B45A #E3CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C49B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B30

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab870',
    500: '#c49b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b30;
$custom-light: #dab870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B30

secondary

#8397CD

accent

#70E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B30

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

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