#C49148#C49148

#C49148 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49148
RGB	rgb(196, 145, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 11.54, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 46.88, 75.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0301 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.109 74)
XYZ	xyz(34.0621, 32.4569, 10.6004)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49148 #487BC4

analogous

#C45348 #C49148 #B9C448

triadic

#C49148 #48C491 #9148C4

tetradic

#C49148 #48C453 #487BC4 #C448B9

square

#C49148 #48C453 #487BC4 #C448B9

split-complementary

#C49148 #48B9C4 #5348C4

monochromatic

#6E4F23 #9C7132 #C49148 #D3AD76 #E2C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C49148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#C49148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49148

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49148	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 145, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b17d',
    500: '#c49148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49148;
$custom-light: #d9b17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69149,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.32454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49148

secondary

#99AFCF

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49148

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

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