#C49F2B#C49F2B

#C49F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F2B
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 2.41, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 61.28, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(35.6013, 36.7088, 7.4954)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F2B #2B50C4

analogous

#C4522B #C49F2B #9DC42B

triadic

#C49F2B #2BC49F #9F2BC4

tetradic

#C49F2B #2BC452 #2B50C4 #C42B9D

square

#C49F2B #2BC452 #2B50C4 #C42B9D

split-complementary

#C49F2B #2B9DC4 #522BC4

monochromatic

#604E15 #927620 #C49F2B #D9B953 #E4CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C49F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F2B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F2B	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)

#B29D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6e',
    500: '#c49f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f2b;
$custom-light: #dabb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.36706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F2B

secondary

#7D91CE

accent

#69E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F2B

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

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