#C49D2D#C49D2D

#C49D2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D2D
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 3.57, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 60.16, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0035 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.131 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2977, 36.0415, 7.5797)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D2D #2D54C4

analogous

#C4512D #C49D2D #A0C42D

triadic

#C49D2D #2DC49D #9D2DC4

tetradic

#C49D2D #2DC451 #2D54C4 #C42DA0

square

#C49D2D #2DC451 #2D54C4 #C42DA0

split-complementary

#C49D2D #2DA0C4 #512DC4

monochromatic

#604D16 #927522 #C49D2D #D8B756 #E4CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C49D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D2D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D2D	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab96f',
    500: '#c49d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d2d;
$custom-light: #dab96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71301,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D2D

secondary

#8094CD

accent

#6CE642

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D2D

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

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