#C49F39#C49F39

#C49F39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F39
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 3.04, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 56.04, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0034 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.125 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9036, 36.8297, 9.0879)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F39 #395EC4

analogous

#C45A39 #C49F39 #A4C439

triadic

#C49F39 #39C49F #9F39C4

tetradic

#C49F39 #39C45A #395EC4 #C439A4

square

#C49F39 #39C45A #395EC4 #C439A4

split-complementary

#C49F39 #39A4C4 #5A39C4

monochromatic

#65521D #95792B #C49F39 #D3B667 #E1CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C49F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F39

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F39	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb75',
    500: '#c49f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f39;
$custom-light: #dabb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F39

secondary

#8D9ECC

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F39

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →