#C49A3D#C49A3D

#C49A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A3D
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 5.96, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 53.28, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0123 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.12 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1649, 35.1862, 9.3535)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A3D #3D67C4

analogous

#C4563D #C49A3D #ABC43D

triadic

#C49A3D #3DC49A #9A3DC4

tetradic

#C49A3D #3DC456 #3D67C4 #C43DAB

square

#C49A3D #3DC456 #3D67C4 #C43DAB

split-complementary

#C49A3D #3DABC4 #563DC4

monochromatic

#67511F #96762E #C49A3D #D2B26C #E1CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C49A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#C49A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A3D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A3D	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab777',
    500: '#c49a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a3d;
$custom-light: #dab777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A3D

secondary

#90A3CD

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A3D

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

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