#C4994E#C4994E

#C4994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4994E
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 7.59, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 45.51, 80.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0193 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.106 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5332, 35.0706, 12.1040)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4994E #4E79C4

analogous

#C45E4E #C4994E #B4C44E

triadic

#C4994E #4EC499 #994EC4

tetradic

#C4994E #4EC45E #4E79C4 #C44EB4

square

#C4994E #4EC45E #4E79C4 #C44EB4

split-complementary

#C4994E #4EB4C4 #5E4EC4

monochromatic

#725626 #A07935 #C4994E #D3B37C #E3CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C4994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C4994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4994E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4994E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b682',
    500: '#c4994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4994e;
$custom-light: #d9b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70802,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4994E

secondary

#9EB0D0

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4994E

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

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