#C49840#C49840

#C49840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49840
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 7.21, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 51.60, 81.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0163 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.117 82)
XYZ	xyz(34.9206, 34.5648, 9.6819)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49840 #406CC4

analogous

#C45640 #C49840 #AEC440

triadic

#C49840 #40C498 #9840C4

tetradic

#C49840 #40C456 #406CC4 #C440AE

square

#C49840 #40C456 #406CC4 #C440AE

split-complementary

#C49840 #40AEC4 #5640C4

monochromatic

#695120 #98752F #C49840 #D2B16F #E1CA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C49840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C49840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49840

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49840	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)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab679',
    500: '#c49840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49840;
$custom-light: #dab679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49840

secondary

#93A6CD

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49840

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

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