Information about #C49538 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated warm orange, #C49538 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Golden Spice (#C6973F). Slightly further away sit Anzac (#C68E3F) and Pizza (#BF8D3C).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(196, 149, 56)), which gives #C49538 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C49538 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#C49538 color variations
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#C49538 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C49538 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C49538 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C49538 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C49538 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C49538 color
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Nearest named colors to #C49538
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C6973F
#C68E3F
#BF8D3C
#CE9732
#BB8E34
#C2A03D
#CBA135
#D19033
#C48F2A
#C89828
#B69642
#BC9229
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C49538
- RGB196, 149, 56
- CMYK0, 18, 55, 23
- CSSrgb(196, 149, 56)
- HSL40°, 56%, 49%
- HSL Precise39.857°, 55.556%, 49.412%
- HSV40°, 71%, 77%
- HSB40°, 71%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.769
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220
- GLSLvec3(0.769, 0.584, 0.220)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.769, 0.584, 0.220, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.769, 0.584, 0.220)
- Percentage of Red in RGB76.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB22%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDC49538
- DECIMAL ID12883256
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers312 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
