#C49F2F#C49F2F

#C49F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.131 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F2F
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 2.57, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 59.88, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0009 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.131 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6783, 36.7396, 7.9010)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F2F #2F54C4

analogous

#C4552F #C49F2F #9EC42F

triadic

#C49F2F #2FC49F #9F2FC4

tetradic

#C49F2F #2FC455 #2F54C4 #C42F9E

square

#C49F2F #2FC455 #2F54C4 #C42F9E

split-complementary

#C49F2F #2F9EC4 #552FC4

monochromatic

#614F17 #937723 #C49F2F #D7B859 #E3CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C49F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F2F

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F2F	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)

#B29D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.131 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb70',
    500: '#c49f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f2f;
$custom-light: #dabb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F2F

secondary

#8294CD

accent

#6BE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F2F

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

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