#C49D30#C49D30

#C49D30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D30
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 3.69, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 59.08, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0042 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.13 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3575, 36.0654, 7.8948)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D30 #3057C4

analogous

#C45330 #C49D30 #A1C430

triadic

#C49D30 #30C49D #9D30C4

tetradic

#C49D30 #30C453 #3057C4 #C430A1

square

#C49D30 #30C453 #3057C4 #C430A1

split-complementary

#C49D30 #30A1C4 #5330C4

monochromatic

#624E18 #937624 #C49D30 #D7B65A #E3CC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C49D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D30

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D30	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)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab970',
    500: '#c49d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d30;
$custom-light: #dab970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71321,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D30

secondary

#8396CD

accent

#6EE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D30

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

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