#C49D2A#C49D2A

#C49D2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D2A
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 3.45, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 61.20, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0029 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.133 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2420, 36.0192, 7.2862)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D2A #2A51C4

analogous

#C4502A #C49D2A #9EC42A

triadic

#C49D2A #2AC49D #9D2AC4

tetradic

#C49D2A #2AC450 #2A51C4 #C42A9E

square

#C49D2A #2AC450 #2A51C4 #C42A9E

split-complementary

#C49D2A #2A9EC4 #502AC4

monochromatic

#5F4C14 #92751F #C49D2A #DAB751 #E5CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C49D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D2A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D2A	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)

#B09C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab96d',
    500: '#c49d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d2a;
$custom-light: #dab96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.805,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71282,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D2A

secondary

#7C91CE

accent

#6BE840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D2A

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

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