#C49E2C#C49E2C

#C49E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E2C
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 77.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 2.99, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 60.72, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0018 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.132 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4486, 36.3737, 7.5361)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E2C #2C52C4

analogous

#C4522C #C49E2C #9EC42C

triadic

#C49E2C #2CC49E #9E2CC4

tetradic

#C49E2C #2CC452 #2C52C4 #C42C9E

square

#C49E2C #2CC452 #2C52C4 #C42C9E

split-complementary

#C49E2C #2C9EC4 #522CC4

monochromatic

#604D16 #927621 #C49E2C #D9B854 #E4CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C49E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E2C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E2C	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)

#B19C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba6e',
    500: '#c49e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e2c;
$custom-light: #daba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E2C

secondary

#7E92CD

accent

#6BE641

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E2C

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

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