#C49D36#C49D36

#C49D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D36
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 3.97, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 56.79, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0057 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.126 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4899, 36.1184, 8.5916)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D36 #365DC4

analogous

#C45636 #C49D36 #A4C436

triadic

#C49D36 #36C49D #9D36C4

tetradic

#C49D36 #36C456 #365DC4 #C436A4

square

#C49D36 #36C456 #365DC4 #C436A4

split-complementary

#C49D36 #36A4C4 #5636C4

monochromatic

#64501C #947729 #C49D36 #D4B563 #E1CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C49D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D36

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D36	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)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab973',
    500: '#c49d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d36;
$custom-light: #dab973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71366,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D36

secondary

#899CCC

accent

#72E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D36

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

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