#C49355#C49355

#C49355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49355
RGB	rgb(196, 147, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 11.40, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 41.25, 73.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0315 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.099 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8402, 33.2615, 13.1777)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49355 #5586C4

analogous

#C45C55 #C49355 #BDC455

triadic

#C49355 #55C493 #9355C4

tetradic

#C49355 #55C45C #5586C4 #C455BD

square

#C49355 #55C45C #5586C4 #C455BD

split-complementary

#C49355 #55BDC4 #5C55C4

monochromatic

#765429 #A37439 #C49355 #D4B082 #E4CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C49355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#C49355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49355

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49355	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 147, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b286',
    500: '#c49355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49355;
$custom-light: #d9b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.514,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69709,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49355

secondary

#A3B8D2

accent

#8CD850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF5EF

border

#D4CFCA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49355

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

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