#C49D2B#C49D2B

#C49D2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D2B
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 3.49, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 60.86, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0031 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.132 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2601, 36.0265, 7.3817)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D2B #2B52C4

analogous

#C4512B #C49D2B #9FC42B

triadic

#C49D2B #2BC49D #9D2BC4

tetradic

#C49D2B #2BC451 #2B52C4 #C42B9F

square

#C49D2B #2BC451 #2B52C4 #C42B9F

split-complementary

#C49D2B #2B9FC4 #512BC4

monochromatic

#604D15 #927520 #C49D2B #D9B753 #E4CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C49D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D2B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D2B	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)

#B09C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab96e',
    500: '#c49d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d2b;
$custom-light: #dab96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D2B

secondary

#7D92CE

accent

#6BE741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D2B

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

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