#C49940#C49940

#C49940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49940
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 6.67, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 51.80, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0148 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.117 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0836, 34.8908, 9.7362)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49940 #406BC4

analogous

#C45740 #C49940 #ADC440

triadic

#C49940 #40C499 #9940C4

tetradic

#C49940 #40C457 #406BC4 #C440AD

square

#C49940 #40C457 #406BC4 #C440AD

split-complementary

#C49940 #40ADC4 #5740C4

monochromatic

#695120 #98762F #C49940 #D2B26F #E1CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C49940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#C49940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49940

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49940	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab679',
    500: '#c49940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49940;
$custom-light: #dab679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49940

secondary

#93A6CD

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49940

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

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