#C49D33#C49D33

#C49D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D33
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 3.83, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 57.95, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0049 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4216, 36.0911, 8.2319)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D33 #335AC4

analogous

#C45433 #C49D33 #A2C433

triadic

#C49D33 #33C49D #9D33C4

tetradic

#C49D33 #33C454 #335AC4 #C433A2

square

#C49D33 #33C454 #335AC4 #C433A2

split-complementary

#C49D33 #33A2C4 #5433C4

monochromatic

#634F1A #937626 #C49D33 #D5B55F #E2CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C49D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D33

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D33	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab972',
    500: '#c49d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d33;
$custom-light: #dab972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D33

secondary

#8699CD

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D33

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

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