#C49C35#C49C35

#C49C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C35
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 4.46, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 56.97, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.007 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.126 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2981, 35.7721, 8.4130)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C35 #355DC4

analogous

#C45535 #C49C35 #A5C435

triadic

#C49C35 #35C49C #9C35C4

tetradic

#C49C35 #35C455 #355DC4 #C435A5

square

#C49C35 #35C455 #355DC4 #C435A5

split-complementary

#C49C35 #35A5C4 #5535C4

monochromatic

#644F1B #947628 #C49C35 #D4B462 #E1CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C49C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C35

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab873',
    500: '#c49c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c35;
$custom-light: #dab873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C35

secondary

#889BCC

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C35

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

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