#C49C3A#C49C3A

#C49C3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C3A
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 4.71, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 54.96, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0083 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.123 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4192, 35.8205, 9.0507)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C3A #3A62C4

analogous

#C4573A #C49C3A #A7C43A

triadic

#C49C3A #3AC49C #9C3AC4

tetradic

#C49C3A #3AC457 #3A62C4 #C43AA7

square

#C49C3A #3AC457 #3A62C4 #C43AA7

split-complementary

#C49C3A #3AA7C4 #573AC4

monochromatic

#66511E #95762C #C49C3A #D3B469 #E0CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#C49C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C3A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C3A	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)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab876',
    500: '#c49c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c3a;
$custom-light: #dab876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71196,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C3A

secondary

#8EA0CC

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C3A

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

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