#C49E36#C49E36

#C49E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E36
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 3.43, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 57.01, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0041 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.126 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6597, 36.4581, 8.6482)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E36 #365CC4

analogous

#C45736 #C49E36 #A3C436

triadic

#C49E36 #36C49E #9E36C4

tetradic

#C49E36 #36C457 #365CC4 #C436A3

square

#C49E36 #36C457 #365CC4 #C436A3

split-complementary

#C49E36 #36A3C4 #5736C4

monochromatic

#64511C #947729 #C49E36 #D4B663 #E1CC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#C49E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E36

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E36	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)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba73',
    500: '#c49e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e36;
$custom-light: #daba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E36

secondary

#899BCC

accent

#70E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E36

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

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