#C49C2E#C49C2E

#C49C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C2E
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 4.15, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 59.60, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0053 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.13 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1487, 35.7123, 7.6261)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C2E #2E56C4

analogous

#C4512E #C49C2E #A1C42E

triadic

#C49C2E #2EC49C #9C2EC4

tetradic

#C49C2E #2EC451 #2E56C4 #C42EA1

square

#C49C2E #2EC451 #2E56C4 #C42EA1

split-complementary

#C49C2E #2EA1C4 #512EC4

monochromatic

#614D17 #927522 #C49C2E #D8B658 #E3CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C49C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C2E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C2E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab86f',
    500: '#c49c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c2e;
$custom-light: #dab86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71105,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C2E

secondary

#8195CD

accent

#6EE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C2E

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

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