#C49685#C49685

#C49685 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.061 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49685
RGB	rgb(196, 150, 133)
HSL	hsl(16, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 32.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 14.86, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 21.57, 46.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0458 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.061 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9059, 35.2439, 26.9919)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49685 #85B3C4

analogous

#C48594 #C49685 #C4B685

triadic

#C49685 #85C496 #9685C4

tetradic

#C49685 #94C485 #85B3C4 #B685C4

square

#C49685 #94C485 #85B3C4 #B685C4

split-complementary

#C49685 #85C4B6 #8594C4

monochromatic

#8B5743 #B0725C #C49685 #D8BAAE #ECDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C49685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C49685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49685

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49685	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 150, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.061 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5a8',
    500: '#c49685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49685;
$custom-light: #d7b5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.19,
    "s": 34.807,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.06085,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49685

secondary

#C8D7DD

accent

#8EAE38

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49685

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

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