#C49E30#C49E30

#C49E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E30
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 3.15, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 59.29, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0027 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5274, 36.4052, 7.9514)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E30 #3056C4

analogous

#C45430 #C49E30 #A0C430

triadic

#C49E30 #30C49E #9E30C4

tetradic

#C49E30 #30C454 #3056C4 #C430A0

square

#C49E30 #30C454 #3056C4 #C430A0

split-complementary

#C49E30 #30A0C4 #5430C4

monochromatic

#624F18 #937624 #C49E30 #D7B75A #E3CC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C49E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E30

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E30	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba70',
    500: '#c49e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e30;
$custom-light: #daba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E30

secondary

#8396CD

accent

#6DE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E30

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

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