#C49B37#C49B37

#C49B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B37
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 5.10, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 55.96, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0091 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.124 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1780, 35.4566, 8.6047)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B37 #3760C4

analogous

#C45537 #C49B37 #A7C437

triadic

#C49B37 #37C49B #9B37C4

tetradic

#C49B37 #37C455 #3760C4 #C437A7

square

#C49B37 #37C455 #3760C4 #C437A7

split-complementary

#C49B37 #37A7C4 #5537C4

monochromatic

#644F1C #94752A #C49B37 #D4B365 #E1CB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C49B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B37

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B37	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)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab874',
    500: '#c49b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b37;
$custom-light: #dab874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B37

secondary

#8B9ECC

accent

#74DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B37

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

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