#C49757#C49757

#C49757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49757
RGB	rgb(196, 151, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 9.38, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 40.95, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0257 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.098 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5536, 34.5594, 13.8130)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49757 #5784C4

analogous

#C46057 #C49757 #BBC457

triadic

#C49757 #57C497 #9757C4

tetradic

#C49757 #57C460 #5784C4 #C457BB

square

#C49757 #57C460 #5784C4 #C457BB

split-complementary

#C49757 #57BBC4 #6057C4

monochromatic

#77572A #A4783A #C49757 #D4B384 #E4CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C49757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C49757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49757

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49757	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 151, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b588',
    500: '#c49757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49757;
$custom-light: #d9b588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49757

secondary

#A5B7D2

accent

#88D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49757

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

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