#C4986D#C4986D

#C4986D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.078 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4986D
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 109)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 44.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 10.91, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 30.91, 69.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0327 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.078 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7549, 35.2985, 19.3424)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4986D #6D99C4

analogous

#C46D6E #C4986D #C4C36D

triadic

#C4986D #6DC498 #986DC4

tetradic

#C4986D #6EC46D #6D99C4 #C36DC4

square

#C4986D #6EC46D #6D99C4 #C36DC4

split-complementary

#C4986D #6DC4C3 #6D6EC4

monochromatic

#825B35 #AE7946 #C4986D #D6B799 #E7D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C4986D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C4986D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4986D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4986D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4986D	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D28E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4986d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.078 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b697',
    500: '#c4986d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4986d;
$custom-light: #d8b697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4986d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.655,
    "s": 42.439,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7108,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4986D

secondary

#B6C7D7

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4986D

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

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