#C49F31#C49F31

#C49F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.130 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F31
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 2.66, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 59.15, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0014 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.13 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7196, 36.7561, 8.1184)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F31 #3156C4

analogous

#C45531 #C49F31 #9FC431

triadic

#C49F31 #31C49F #9F31C4

tetradic

#C49F31 #31C455 #3156C4 #C4319F

square

#C49F31 #31C455 #3156C4 #C4319F

split-complementary

#C49F31 #319FC4 #5531C4

monochromatic

#625019 #937725 #C49F31 #D6B75C #E2CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C49F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F31

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F31	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B29D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.130 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb71',
    500: '#c49f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f31;
$custom-light: #dabb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F31

secondary

#8496CD

accent

#6DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F31

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

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