#C49449#C49449

#C49449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49449
RGB	rgb(196, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 9.96, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 46.89, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0256 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.109 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5594, 33.3991, 10.9285)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49449 #4979C4

analogous

#C45649 #C49449 #B7C449

triadic

#C49449 #49C494 #9449C4

tetradic

#C49449 #49C456 #4979C4 #C449B7

square

#C49449 #49C456 #4979C4 #C449B7

split-complementary

#C49449 #49B7C4 #5649C4

monochromatic

#6F5224 #9D7433 #C49449 #D3AF77 #E2CAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C49449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C49449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49449

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49449	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b37e',
    500: '#c49449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49449;
$custom-light: #d9b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49449

secondary

#9AAFCF

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49449

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

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