#C49E3A#C49E3A

#C49E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E3A
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 3.63, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 55.40, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0052 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.124 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7576, 36.4973, 9.1635)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E3A #3A60C4

analogous

#C4593A #C49E3A #A5C43A

triadic

#C49E3A #3AC49E #9E3AC4

tetradic

#C49E3A #3AC459 #3A60C4 #C43AA5

square

#C49E3A #3AC459 #3A60C4 #C43AA5

split-complementary

#C49E3A #3AA5C4 #593AC4

monochromatic

#66521E #95782C #C49E3A #D3B569 #E0CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C49E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E3A

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E3A	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)

#B09D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba76',
    500: '#c49e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e3a;
$custom-light: #daba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71602,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E3A

secondary

#8E9FCC

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E3A

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

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