#C49E39#C49E39

#C49E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E39
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 3.58, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 55.81, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0049 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.124 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7324, 36.4872, 9.0308)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E39 #395FC4

analogous

#C45839 #C49E39 #A5C439

triadic

#C49E39 #39C49E #9E39C4

tetradic

#C49E39 #39C458 #395FC4 #C439A5

square

#C49E39 #39C458 #395FC4 #C439A5

split-complementary

#C49E39 #39A5C4 #5839C4

monochromatic

#65521D #95782B #C49E39 #D3B567 #E1CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C49E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E39

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E39	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba75',
    500: '#c49e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e39;
$custom-light: #daba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71594,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E39

secondary

#8D9ECC

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E39

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

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