#C49B3C#C49B3C

#C49B3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B3C
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 5.36, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 53.91, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0104 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.121 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3040, 35.5070, 9.2682)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B3C #3C65C4

analogous

#C4573C #C49B3C #A9C43C

triadic

#C49B3C #3CC49B #9B3CC4

tetradic

#C49B3C #3CC457 #3C65C4 #C43CA9

square

#C49B3C #3CC457 #3C65C4 #C43CA9

split-complementary

#C49B3C #3CA9C4 #573CC4

monochromatic

#67511F #96762D #C49B3C #D2B36B #E0CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#C49B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B3C

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab877',
    500: '#c49b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b3c;
$custom-light: #dab877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B3C

secondary

#90A2CC

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B3C

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

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