#C49F2A#C49F2A

#C49F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F2A
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 2.38, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 61.62, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0002 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.134 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5831, 36.7015, 7.4000)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F2A #2A4FC4

analogous

#C4522A #C49F2A #9CC42A

triadic

#C49F2A #2AC49F #9F2AC4

tetradic

#C49F2A #2AC452 #2A4FC4 #C42A9C

square

#C49F2A #2AC452 #2A4FC4 #C42A9C

split-complementary

#C49F2A #2A9CC4 #522AC4

monochromatic

#5F4D14 #92761F #C49F2A #DAB951 #E5CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C49F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F2A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F2A	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)

#B29D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6d',
    500: '#c49f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f2a;
$custom-light: #dabb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F2A

secondary

#7C90CE

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F2A

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

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