#C49E2A#C49E2A

#C49E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E2A
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 2.91, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.41, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0013 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.133 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4119, 36.3590, 7.3429)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E2A #2A50C4

analogous

#C4512A #C49E2A #9DC42A

triadic

#C49E2A #2AC49E #9E2AC4

tetradic

#C49E2A #2AC451 #2A50C4 #C42A9D

square

#C49E2A #2AC451 #2A50C4 #C42A9D

split-complementary

#C49E2A #2A9DC4 #512AC4

monochromatic

#5F4D14 #92751F #C49E2A #DAB851 #E5CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C49E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E2A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E2A	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)

#B19C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba6d',
    500: '#c49e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e2a;
$custom-light: #daba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E2A

secondary

#7C90CE

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E2A

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

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