#C49A44#C49A44

#C49A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A44
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 6.37, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 50.25, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0144 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.115 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3659, 35.2667, 10.4121)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A44 #446EC4

analogous

#C45A44 #C49A44 #AEC444

triadic

#C49A44 #44C49A #9A44C4

tetradic

#C49A44 #44C45A #446EC4 #C444AE

square

#C49A44 #44C45A #446EC4 #C444AE

split-complementary

#C49A44 #44AEC4 #5A44C4

monochromatic

#6C5322 #9A7831 #C49A44 #D3B373 #E1CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C49A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C49A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A44

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A44	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)

#AC9A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b77b',
    500: '#c49a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a44;
$custom-light: #d9b77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70889,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A44

secondary

#96A8CE

accent

#7BDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A44

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

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