#C49E29#C49E29

#C49E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.134 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E29
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 2.88, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.74, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0011 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.134 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3942, 36.3519, 7.2498)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E29 #294FC4

analogous

#C45029 #C49E29 #9DC429

triadic

#C49E29 #29C49E #9E29C4

tetradic

#C49E29 #29C450 #294FC4 #C4299D

square

#C49E29 #29C450 #294FC4 #C4299D

split-complementary

#C49E29 #299DC4 #5029C4

monochromatic

#5F4C14 #91751E #C49E29 #DAB850 #E5CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C49E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E29

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E29	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.134 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba6d',
    500: '#c49e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e29;
$custom-light: #daba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E29

secondary

#7B8FCE

accent

#69E83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E29

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

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