#C49F33#C49F33

#C49F33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F33
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 2.75, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 58.40, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0018 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.129 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7627, 36.7733, 8.3456)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F33 #3358C4

analogous

#C45733 #C49F33 #A0C433

triadic

#C49F33 #33C49F #9F33C4

tetradic

#C49F33 #33C457 #3358C4 #C433A0

square

#C49F33 #33C457 #3358C4 #C433A0

split-complementary

#C49F33 #33A0C4 #5733C4

monochromatic

#63501A #937826 #C49F33 #D5B75F #E2CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C49F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F33

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F33	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb72',
    500: '#c49f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f33;
$custom-light: #dabb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7175,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F33

secondary

#8698CD

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →