#C49E2E#C49E2E

#C49E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E2E
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 3.07, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 60.02, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0022 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(35.4871, 36.3891, 7.7389)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E2E #2E54C4

analogous

#C4532E #C49E2E #9FC42E

triadic

#C49E2E #2EC49E #9E2EC4

tetradic

#C49E2E #2EC453 #2E54C4 #C42E9F

square

#C49E2E #2EC453 #2E54C4 #C42E9F

split-complementary

#C49E2E #2E9FC4 #532EC4

monochromatic

#614E17 #927622 #C49E2E #D8B758 #E3CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C49E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E2E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E2E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba6f',
    500: '#c49e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e2e;
$custom-light: #daba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.36387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E2E

secondary

#8194CD

accent

#6CE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E2E

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

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