#C49442#C49442

#C49442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49442
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 9.51, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 50.00, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0233 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.114 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3403, 33.3114, 9.7743)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49442 #4272C4

analogous

#C45342 #C49442 #B3C442

triadic

#C49442 #42C494 #9442C4

tetradic

#C49442 #42C453 #4272C4 #C442B3

square

#C49442 #42C453 #4272C4 #C442B3

split-complementary

#C49442 #42B3C4 #5342C4

monochromatic

#6A4F21 #997230 #C49442 #D3AE71 #E1C99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C49442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#C49442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49442

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49442	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab37a',
    500: '#c49442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49442;
$custom-light: #dab37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49442

secondary

#94A9CE

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49442

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

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