#C49640#C49640

#C49640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49640
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 8.30, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 51.22, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0195 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.116 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5988, 33.9211, 9.5746)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49640 #406EC4

analogous

#C45440 #C49640 #B0C440

triadic

#C49640 #40C496 #9640C4

tetradic

#C49640 #40C454 #406EC4 #C440B0

square

#C49640 #40C454 #406EC4 #C440B0

split-complementary

#C49640 #40B0C4 #5440C4

monochromatic

#695020 #98732F #C49640 #D2B06F #E1C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C49640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#C49640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49640

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49640	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab479',
    500: '#c49640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49640;
$custom-light: #dab479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49640

secondary

#93A7CD

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49640

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

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