#C49D2E#C49D2E

#C49D2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D2E
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 3.61, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 59.81, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0038 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.131 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3172, 36.0493, 7.6823)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D2E #2E55C4

analogous

#C4522E #C49D2E #A0C42E

triadic

#C49D2E #2EC49D #9D2EC4

tetradic

#C49D2E #2EC452 #2E55C4 #C42EA0

square

#C49D2E #2EC452 #2E55C4 #C42EA0

split-complementary

#C49D2E #2EA0C4 #522EC4

monochromatic

#614E17 #927522 #C49D2E #D8B658 #E3CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C49D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D2E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D2E	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)

#B09C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab96f',
    500: '#c49d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d2e;
$custom-light: #dab96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D2E

secondary

#8195CD

accent

#6DE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D2E

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

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