#C49F36#C49F36

#C49F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F36
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 2.89, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 57.24, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0026 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.127 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8310, 36.8007, 8.7053)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F36 #365BC4

analogous

#C45836 #C49F36 #A2C436

triadic

#C49F36 #36C49F #9F36C4

tetradic

#C49F36 #36C458 #365BC4 #C436A2

square

#C49F36 #36C458 #365BC4 #C436A2

split-complementary

#C49F36 #36A2C4 #5836C4

monochromatic

#64511C #947829 #C49F36 #D4B763 #E1CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C49F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F36

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F36	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)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb74',
    500: '#c49f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f36;
$custom-light: #dabb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F36

secondary

#899BCC

accent

#6FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F36

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

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