#C49F3E#C49F3E

#C49F3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F3E
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 3.31, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 53.97, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0048 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.121 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0346, 36.8821, 9.7775)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F3E #3E63C4

analogous

#C45C3E #C49F3E #A6C43E

triadic

#C49F3E #3EC49F #9F3EC4

tetradic

#C49F3E #3EC45C #3E63C4 #C43EA6

square

#C49F3E #3EC45C #3E63C4 #C43EA6

split-complementary

#C49F3E #3EA6C4 #5C3EC4

monochromatic

#685420 #977A2E #C49F3E #D2B66D #E1CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C49F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F3E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F3E	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb78',
    500: '#c49f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f3e;
$custom-light: #dabb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F3E

secondary

#91A2CD

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F3E

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

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