#C49E32#C49E32

#C49E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C49E32
RGBrgb(196, 158, 50)
HSLhsl(44, 59%, 48%)
HSVhsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.4%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.84, 3.24, 58.46)
CIE-LCHlch(66.84, 58.55, 86.83°)
OKLaboklab(71.54% 0.0031 0.1289)
OKLCHoklch(71.54% 0.129 88.6)
XYZxyz(35.5696, 36.4221, 8.1737)
Luminance0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C49E32 #3258C4
analogous
#C45532 #C49E32 #A1C432
triadic
#C49E32 #32C49E #9E32C4
tetradic
#C49E32 #32C455 #3258C4 #C432A1
square
#C49E32 #32C455 #3258C4 #C432A1
split-complementary
#C49E32 #32A1C4 #5532C4
monochromatic
#624F19 #937726 #C49E32 #D6B65D #E2CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#C49E32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28
#C49E32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E32
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C49E32#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C49E321.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA738
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D49089
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c49e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 88.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba71',
    500: '#c49e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c49e32;
$custom-light: #daba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c49e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C49E32
secondary
#8598CD
accent
#6EE345
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#151108
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#C49E32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva