#C49243#C49243

#C49243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49243
RGB	rgb(196, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 10.67, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 49.25, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0268 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.113 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0590, 32.7013, 9.8272)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49243 #4375C4

analogous

#C45243 #C49243 #B6C443

triadic

#C49243 #43C492 #9243C4

tetradic

#C49243 #43C452 #4375C4 #C443B6

square

#C49243 #43C452 #4375C4 #C443B6

split-complementary

#C49243 #43B6C4 #5243C4

monochromatic

#6B4F22 #9A7130 #C49243 #D3AD72 #E1C8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C49243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#C49243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49243

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49243	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab17a',
    500: '#c49243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49243;
$custom-light: #dab17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.744,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49243

secondary

#95ABCE

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49243

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

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