#C49042#C49042

#C49042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49042
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 11.70, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 49.40, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0297 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.114 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7237, 32.0782, 9.5687)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49042 #4276C4

analogous

#C44F42 #C49042 #B7C442

triadic

#C49042 #42C490 #9042C4

tetradic

#C49042 #42C44F #4276C4 #C442B7

square

#C49042 #42C44F #4276C4 #C442B7

split-complementary

#C49042 #42B7C4 #4F42C4

monochromatic

#6A4D21 #996F30 #C49042 #D3AB71 #E1C79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C49042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C49042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49042

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49042	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab07a',
    500: '#c49042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49042;
$custom-light: #dab07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68886,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49042

secondary

#94ABCE

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49042

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

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