#C49D29#C49D29

#C49D29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D29
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 3.42, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 61.54, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0027 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.133 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2243, 36.0122, 7.1932)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D29 #2950C4

analogous

#C45029 #C49D29 #9EC429

triadic

#C49D29 #29C49D #9D29C4

tetradic

#C49D29 #29C450 #2950C4 #C4299E

square

#C49D29 #29C450 #2950C4 #C4299E

split-complementary

#C49D29 #299EC4 #5029C4

monochromatic

#5F4C14 #91741E #C49D29 #DAB850 #E5CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C49D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D29

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D29	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb96d',
    500: '#c49d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d29;
$custom-light: #dbb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71276,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D29

secondary

#7B90CE

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D29

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

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