#C49F29#C49F29

#C49F29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F29
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 2.34, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 61.95, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0004 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.134 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5655, 36.6944, 7.3069)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F29 #294EC4

analogous

#C45129 #C49F29 #9CC429

triadic

#C49F29 #29C49F #9F29C4

tetradic

#C49F29 #29C451 #294EC4 #C4299C

square

#C49F29 #29C451 #294EC4 #C4299C

split-complementary

#C49F29 #299CC4 #5129C4

monochromatic

#5F4D14 #91761E #C49F29 #DAB950 #E5CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C49F29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F29

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F29	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6d',
    500: '#c49f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f29;
$custom-light: #dabb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F29

secondary

#7B8FCE

accent

#68E83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F29

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

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