#C49F3B#C49F3B

#C49F3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F3B
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 3.14, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.22, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0039 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.124 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9545, 36.8501, 9.3558)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F3B #3B60C4

analogous

#C45B3B #C49F3B #A4C43B

triadic

#C49F3B #3BC49F #9F3BC4

tetradic

#C49F3B #3BC45B #3B60C4 #C43BA4

square

#C49F3B #3BC45B #3B60C4 #C43BA4

split-complementary

#C49F3B #3BA4C4 #5B3BC4

monochromatic

#66531F #95792D #C49F3B #D2B66A #E0CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C49F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F3B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F3B	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)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb76',
    500: '#c49f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f3b;
$custom-light: #dabb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71814,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F3B

secondary

#8F9FCC

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F3B

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

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