#C49B36#C49B36

#C49B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B36
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 5.05, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 56.36, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0088 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.125 86)
XYZ	xyz(35.1542, 35.4472, 8.4797)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B36 #365FC4

analogous

#C45436 #C49B36 #A6C436

triadic

#C49B36 #36C49B #9B36C4

tetradic

#C49B36 #36C454 #365FC4 #C436A6

square

#C49B36 #36C454 #365FC4 #C436A6

split-complementary

#C49B36 #36A6C4 #5436C4

monochromatic

#644F1C #947529 #C49B36 #D4B363 #E1CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C49B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B36

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B36	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab873',
    500: '#c49b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b36;
$custom-light: #dab873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.35445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B36

secondary

#899DCC

accent

#74E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B36

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

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