#C49C38#C49C38

#C49C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C38
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 4.61, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 55.77, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0078 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.124 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3693, 35.8006, 8.7879)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C38 #3860C4

analogous

#C45638 #C49C38 #A6C438

triadic

#C49C38 #38C49C #9C38C4

tetradic

#C49C38 #38C456 #3860C4 #C438A6

square

#C49C38 #38C456 #3860C4 #C438A6

split-complementary

#C49C38 #38A6C4 #5638C4

monochromatic

#65501D #94762A #C49C38 #D3B466 #E1CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C49C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C38

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab874',
    500: '#c49c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c38;
$custom-light: #dab874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C38

secondary

#8C9ECC

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C38

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

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