#C49B38#C49B38

#C49B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B38
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 5.15, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.56, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0093 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.124 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2022, 35.4663, 8.7322)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B38 #3861C4

analogous

#C45538 #C49B38 #A7C438

triadic

#C49B38 #38C49B #9B38C4

tetradic

#C49B38 #38C455 #3861C4 #C438A7

square

#C49B38 #38C455 #3861C4 #C438A7

split-complementary

#C49B38 #38A7C4 #5538C4

monochromatic

#65501D #94752A #C49B38 #D3B366 #E1CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C49B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B38

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B38	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AE9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab874',
    500: '#c49b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b38;
$custom-light: #dab874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70977,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B38

secondary

#8C9FCC

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B38

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

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