#C49E34#C49E34

#C49E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E34
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 3.33, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 57.79, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0036 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.128 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6137, 36.4397, 8.4059)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E34 #345AC4

analogous

#C45634 #C49E34 #A2C434

triadic

#C49E34 #34C49E #9E34C4

tetradic

#C49E34 #34C456 #345AC4 #C434A2

square

#C49E34 #34C456 #345AC4 #C434A2

split-complementary

#C49E34 #34A2C4 #5634C4

monochromatic

#63501A #947727 #C49E34 #D5B660 #E2CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C49E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E34

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E34	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)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba72',
    500: '#c49e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e34;
$custom-light: #daba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71554,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E34

secondary

#879ACC

accent

#6FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E34

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

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