#C49F40#C49F40

#C49F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F40
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 3.42, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 53.12, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0053 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.12 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0905, 36.9044, 10.0718)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F40 #4065C4

analogous

#C45D40 #C49F40 #A7C440

triadic

#C49F40 #40C49F #9F40C4

tetradic

#C49F40 #40C45D #4065C4 #C440A7

square

#C49F40 #40C45D #4065C4 #C440A7

split-complementary

#C49F40 #40A7C4 #5D40C4

monochromatic

#695520 #987A2F #C49F40 #D2B76F #E1CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C49F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F40

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F40	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)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb79',
    500: '#c49f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f40;
$custom-light: #dabb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F40

secondary

#93A3CD

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F40

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

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