#C49D37#C49D37

#C49D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D37
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 4.02, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 56.39, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0059 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.125 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5136, 36.1279, 8.7166)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D37 #375EC4

analogous

#C45737 #C49D37 #A5C437

triadic

#C49D37 #37C49D #9D37C4

tetradic

#C49D37 #37C457 #375EC4 #C437A5

square

#C49D37 #37C457 #375EC4 #C437A5

split-complementary

#C49D37 #37A5C4 #5737C4

monochromatic

#64501C #94772A #C49D37 #D4B565 #E1CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C49D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D37

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D37	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab974',
    500: '#c49d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d37;
$custom-light: #dab974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D37

secondary

#8B9DCC

accent

#72DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D37

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

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