#C49049#C49049

#C49049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49049
RGB	rgb(196, 144, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 12.15, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 46.30, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.032 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.108 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9428, 32.1658, 10.7229)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49049 #497DC4

analogous

#C45249 #C49049 #BAC449

triadic

#C49049 #49C490 #9049C4

tetradic

#C49049 #49C452 #497DC4 #C449BA

square

#C49049 #49C452 #497DC4 #C449BA

split-complementary

#C49049 #49BAC4 #5249C4

monochromatic

#6F4F24 #9D7033 #C49049 #D3AC77 #E2C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C49049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#C49049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49049

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49049	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)

#A39242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 144, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b07e',
    500: '#c49049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49049;
$custom-light: #d9b07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68965,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49049

secondary

#9AB0CF

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49049

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

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