#C49E33#C49E33

#C49E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E33
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 3.29, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 58.17, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0034 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.128 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5914, 36.4308, 8.2886)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E33 #3359C4

analogous

#C45533 #C49E33 #A1C433

triadic

#C49E33 #33C49E #9E33C4

tetradic

#C49E33 #33C455 #3359C4 #C433A1

square

#C49E33 #33C455 #3359C4 #C433A1

split-complementary

#C49E33 #33A1C4 #5533C4

monochromatic

#63501A #937726 #C49E33 #D5B65F #E2CC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C49E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E33

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E33	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba72',
    500: '#c49e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e33;
$custom-light: #daba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.276,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E33

secondary

#8699CD

accent

#6FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E33

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

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