#C49045#C49045

#C49045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49045
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 11.89, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 48.08, 75.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0307 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.111 74)
XYZ	xyz(33.8145, 32.1145, 10.0468)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49045 #4579C4

analogous

#C45145 #C49045 #B9C445

triadic

#C49045 #45C490 #9045C4

tetradic

#C49045 #45C451 #4579C4 #C445B9

square

#C49045 #45C451 #4579C4 #C445B9

split-complementary

#C49045 #45B9C4 #5145C4

monochromatic

#6C4E22 #9B6F31 #C49045 #D3AC73 #E1C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C49045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C49045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49045

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49045	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)

#A3923D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab07b',
    500: '#c49045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49045;
$custom-light: #dab07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.32112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49045

secondary

#97ADCE

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49045

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

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