#C49F37#C49F37

#C49F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F37
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 2.94, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 56.84, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0028 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.126 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8547, 36.8101, 8.8303)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F37 #375CC4

analogous

#C45937 #C49F37 #A3C437

triadic

#C49F37 #37C49F #9F37C4

tetradic

#C49F37 #37C459 #375CC4 #C437A3

square

#C49F37 #37C459 #375CC4 #C437A3

split-complementary

#C49F37 #37A3C4 #5937C4

monochromatic

#64511C #94782A #C49F37 #D4B665 #E1CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C49F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F37

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F37	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)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb74',
    500: '#c49f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f37;
$custom-light: #dabb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F37

secondary

#8B9CCC

accent

#70DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F37

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

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