#C49E35#C49E35

#C49E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E35
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 3.38, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 57.40, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0039 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.127 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6365, 36.4488, 8.5258)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E35 #355BC4

analogous

#C45735 #C49E35 #A3C435

triadic

#C49E35 #35C49E #9E35C4

tetradic

#C49E35 #35C457 #355BC4 #C435A3

square

#C49E35 #35C457 #355BC4 #C435A3

split-complementary

#C49E35 #35A3C4 #5735C4

monochromatic

#64501B #947728 #C49E35 #D4B662 #E1CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C49E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E35

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E35	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)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba73',
    500: '#c49e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e35;
$custom-light: #daba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E35

secondary

#889ACC

accent

#70E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E35

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

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