#C49D35#C49D35

#C49D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D35
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 3.92, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 57.18, 86.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0054 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.127 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4666, 36.1091, 8.4692)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D35 #355CC4

analogous

#C45535 #C49D35 #A4C435

triadic

#C49D35 #35C49D #9D35C4

tetradic

#C49D35 #35C455 #355CC4 #C435A4

square

#C49D35 #35C455 #355CC4 #C435A4

split-complementary

#C49D35 #35A4C4 #5535C4

monochromatic

#64501B #947628 #C49D35 #D4B562 #E1CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C49D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D35

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D35	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab973',
    500: '#c49d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d35;
$custom-light: #dab973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D35

secondary

#889BCC

accent

#71E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D35

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

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