#C49C33#C49C33

#C49C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C33
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 4.37, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 57.74, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0065 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2531, 35.7541, 8.1758)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C33 #335BC4

analogous

#C45333 #C49C33 #A3C433

triadic

#C49C33 #33C49C #9C33C4

tetradic

#C49C33 #33C453 #335BC4 #C433A3

square

#C49C33 #33C453 #335BC4 #C433A3

split-complementary

#C49C33 #33A3C4 #5333C4

monochromatic

#634F1A #937526 #C49C33 #D5B55F #E2CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C49C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C33

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C33	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab872',
    500: '#c49c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c33;
$custom-light: #dab872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C33

secondary

#869ACD

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C33

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

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