#C49E2B#C49E2B

#C49E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E2B
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 2.95, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 61.07, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0016 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.133 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4300, 36.3662, 7.4383)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E2B #2B51C4

analogous

#C4522B #C49E2B #9EC42B

triadic

#C49E2B #2BC49E #9E2BC4

tetradic

#C49E2B #2BC452 #2B51C4 #C42B9E

square

#C49E2B #2BC452 #2B51C4 #C42B9E

split-complementary

#C49E2B #2B9EC4 #522BC4

monochromatic

#604D15 #927620 #C49E2B #D9B853 #E4CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C49E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E2B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E2B	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)

#B19C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba6e',
    500: '#c49e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e2b;
$custom-light: #daba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71492,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E2B

secondary

#7D91CE

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E2B

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

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