#C49A43#C49A43

#C49A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A43
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 6.31, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 50.69, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0141 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.115 83)
XYZ	xyz(35.3357, 35.2546, 10.2528)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A43 #436DC4

analogous

#C45A43 #C49A43 #AEC443

triadic

#C49A43 #43C49A #9A43C4

tetradic

#C49A43 #43C45A #436DC4 #C443AE

square

#C49A43 #43C45A #436DC4 #C443AE

split-complementary

#C49A43 #43AEC4 #5A43C4

monochromatic

#6B5322 #9A7730 #C49A43 #D3B372 #E1CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C49A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C49A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A43

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A43	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b77b',
    500: '#c49a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a43;
$custom-light: #d9b77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A43

secondary

#95A8CE

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A43

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

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