#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
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 3.24, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 58.55, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0031 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.129 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5696, 36.4221, 8.1737)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C49E32	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)

#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

Preview with #C49E32

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

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