#C49D3B#C49D3B

#C49D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.123 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D3B
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 4.22, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 54.76, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.007 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.123 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6134, 36.1678, 9.2421)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D3B #3B62C4

analogous

#C4593B #C49D3B #A6C43B

triadic

#C49D3B #3BC49D #9D3BC4

tetradic

#C49D3B #3BC459 #3B62C4 #C43BA6

square

#C49D3B #3BC459 #3B62C4 #C43BA6

split-complementary

#C49D3B #3BA6C4 #593BC4

monochromatic

#66521F #95772D #C49D3B #D2B56A #E0CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C49D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D3B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D3B	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)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.123 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab976',
    500: '#c49d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d3b;
$custom-light: #dab976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71408,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D3B

secondary

#8FA0CC

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D3B

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

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