#C49340#C49340

#C49340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49340
RGB	rgb(196, 147, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 9.94, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 50.71, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0243 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.116 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1262, 32.9759, 9.4171)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49340 #4071C4

analogous

#C45140 #C49340 #B3C440

triadic

#C49340 #40C493 #9340C4

tetradic

#C49340 #40C451 #4071C4 #C440B3

square

#C49340 #40C451 #4071C4 #C440B3

split-complementary

#C49340 #40B3C4 #5140C4

monochromatic

#694E20 #98712F #C49340 #D2AD6F #E1C89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C49340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#C49340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49340

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49340	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 147, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab278',
    500: '#c49340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49340;
$custom-light: #dab278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69454,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49340

secondary

#93A8CD

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49340

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

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