#C49D3A#C49D3A

#C49D3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.123 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D3A
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 4.17, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 55.18, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0068 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.123 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5877, 36.1575, 9.1068)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D3A #3A61C4

analogous

#C4583A #C49D3A #A6C43A

triadic

#C49D3A #3AC49D #9D3AC4

tetradic

#C49D3A #3AC458 #3A61C4 #C43AA6

square

#C49D3A #3AC458 #3A61C4 #C43AA6

split-complementary

#C49D3A #3AA6C4 #583AC4

monochromatic

#66511E #95772C #C49D3A #D3B569 #E0CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C49D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D3A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D3A	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)

#AF9C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.123 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab976',
    500: '#c49d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d3a;
$custom-light: #dab976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D3A

secondary

#8E9FCC

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D3A

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

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