#C49B3A#C49B3A

#C49B3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B3A
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 5.25, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 54.74, 84.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0099 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.122 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2521, 35.4863, 8.9950)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B3A #3A63C4

analogous

#C4563A #C49B3A #A8C43A

triadic

#C49B3A #3AC49B #9B3AC4

tetradic

#C49B3A #3AC456 #3A63C4 #C43AA8

square

#C49B3A #3AC456 #3A63C4 #C43AA8

split-complementary

#C49B3A #3AA8C4 #563AC4

monochromatic

#66501E #95762C #C49B3A #D3B369 #E0CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C49B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B3A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B3A	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab875',
    500: '#c49b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b3a;
$custom-light: #dab875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B3A

secondary

#8EA0CC

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B3A

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

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