#C49C36#C49C36

#C49C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C36
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 4.51, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 56.57, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0072 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.125 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3214, 35.7814, 8.5354)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C36 #365EC4

analogous

#C45536 #C49C36 #A5C436

triadic

#C49C36 #36C49C #9C36C4

tetradic

#C49C36 #36C455 #365EC4 #C436A5

square

#C49C36 #36C455 #365EC4 #C436A5

split-complementary

#C49C36 #36A5C4 #5536C4

monochromatic

#64501C #947629 #C49C36 #D4B463 #E1CB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C49C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C36

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C36	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab873',
    500: '#c49c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c36;
$custom-light: #dab873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C36

secondary

#899CCC

accent

#73E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C36

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

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