#C49649#C49649

#C49649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49649
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 8.87, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 47.23, 79.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0224 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.109 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8759, 34.0319, 11.0339)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49649 #4977C4

analogous

#C45949 #C49649 #B4C449

triadic

#C49649 #49C496 #9649C4

tetradic

#C49649 #49C459 #4977C4 #C449B4

square

#C49649 #49C459 #4977C4 #C449B4

split-complementary

#C49649 #49B4C4 #5949C4

monochromatic

#6F5324 #9D7533 #C49649 #D3B177 #E2CBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#C49649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#C49649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49649

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49649	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b47e',
    500: '#c49649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49649;
$custom-light: #d9b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70145,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49649

secondary

#9AAECF

accent

#82DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49649

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

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