#C49F34#C49F34

#C49F34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F34
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 2.79, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 58.01, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0021 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.128 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7850, 36.7823, 8.4630)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F34 #3459C4

analogous

#C45734 #C49F34 #A1C434

triadic

#C49F34 #34C49F #9F34C4

tetradic

#C49F34 #34C457 #3459C4 #C434A1

square

#C49F34 #34C457 #3459C4 #C434A1

split-complementary

#C49F34 #34A1C4 #5734C4

monochromatic

#63511A #947827 #C49F34 #D5B760 #E2CD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C49F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F34

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F34	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb72',
    500: '#c49f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f34;
$custom-light: #dabb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F34

secondary

#8799CC

accent

#6EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F34

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

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