#C49543#C49543

#C49543 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49543
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 9.03, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 49.73, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.022 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.114 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5276, 33.6383, 9.9834)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49543 #4372C4

analogous

#C45543 #C49543 #B2C443

triadic

#C49543 #43C495 #9543C4

tetradic

#C49543 #43C455 #4372C4 #C443B2

square

#C49543 #43C455 #4372C4 #C443B2

split-complementary

#C49543 #43B2C4 #5543C4

monochromatic

#6B5022 #9A7330 #C49543 #D3AF72 #E1CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C49543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C49543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49543

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49543	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab47a',
    500: '#c49543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49543;
$custom-light: #dab47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6988,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49543

secondary

#95AACE

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49543

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →