#C49C2A#C49C2A

#C49C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C2A
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 3.99, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 61.00, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0044 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.132 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0735, 35.6822, 7.2301)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C2A #2A52C4

analogous

#C44F2A #C49C2A #9FC42A

triadic

#C49C2A #2AC49C #9C2AC4

tetradic

#C49C2A #2AC44F #2A52C4 #C42A9F

square

#C49C2A #2AC44F #2A52C4 #C42A9F

split-complementary

#C49C2A #2A9FC4 #4F2AC4

monochromatic

#5F4C14 #92741F #C49C2A #DAB651 #E5CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C49C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C2A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C2A	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb86d',
    500: '#c49c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c2a;
$custom-light: #dbb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.416,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C2A

secondary

#7C91CE

accent

#6CE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C2A

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

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