#C49F2E#C49F2E

#C49F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F2E
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 2.53, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 60.24, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0007 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.132 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6583, 36.7316, 7.7960)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F2E #2E53C4

analogous

#C4542E #C49F2E #9EC42E

triadic

#C49F2E #2EC49F #9F2EC4

tetradic

#C49F2E #2EC454 #2E53C4 #C42E9E

square

#C49F2E #2EC454 #2E53C4 #C42E9E

split-complementary

#C49F2E #2E9EC4 #542EC4

monochromatic

#614F17 #927722 #C49F2E #D8B858 #E3CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C49F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F2E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F2E	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6f',
    500: '#c49f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f2e;
$custom-light: #dabb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F2E

secondary

#8194CD

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F2E

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

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