#C49048#C49048

#C49048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49048
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 12.08, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 46.74, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0317 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.109 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9099, 32.1527, 10.5497)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49048 #487CC4

analogous

#C45248 #C49048 #BAC448

triadic

#C49048 #48C490 #9048C4

tetradic

#C49048 #48C452 #487CC4 #C448BA

square

#C49048 #48C452 #487CC4 #C448BA

split-complementary

#C49048 #48BAC4 #5248C4

monochromatic

#6E4F23 #9C7032 #C49048 #D3AC76 #E2C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C49048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#C49048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49048

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49048	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab07d',
    500: '#c49048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49048;
$custom-light: #dab07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49048

secondary

#99B0CF

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49048

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

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