#C49D38#C49D38

#C49D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D38
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 4.07, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 55.99, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0062 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.125 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5378, 36.1375, 8.8441)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D38 #385FC4

analogous

#C45738 #C49D38 #A5C438

triadic

#C49D38 #38C49D #9D38C4

tetradic

#C49D38 #38C457 #385FC4 #C438A5

square

#C49D38 #38C457 #385FC4 #C438A5

split-complementary

#C49D38 #38A5C4 #5738C4

monochromatic

#65511D #94772A #C49D38 #D3B566 #E1CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C49D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D38

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D38	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)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab974',
    500: '#c49d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d38;
$custom-light: #dab974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D38

secondary

#8C9ECC

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D38

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

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