#C49F35#C49F35

#C49F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F35
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 2.84, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 57.63, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0023 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.128 89)
XYZ	xyz(35.8078, 36.7914, 8.5829)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F35 #355AC4

analogous

#C45835 #C49F35 #A2C435

triadic

#C49F35 #35C49F #9F35C4

tetradic

#C49F35 #35C458 #355AC4 #C435A2

square

#C49F35 #35C458 #355AC4 #C435A2

split-complementary

#C49F35 #35A2C4 #5835C4

monochromatic

#64511B #947828 #C49F35 #D4B762 #E1CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C49F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F35

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F35	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb73',
    500: '#c49f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f35;
$custom-light: #dabb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.36789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F35

secondary

#889ACC

accent

#6FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F35

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

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