#C49A45#C49A45

#C49A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A45
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 6.43, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 49.81, 82.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0147 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.114 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3967, 35.2790, 10.5742)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A45 #456FC4

analogous

#C45A45 #C49A45 #AFC445

triadic

#C49A45 #45C49A #9A45C4

tetradic

#C49A45 #45C45A #456FC4 #C445AF

square

#C49A45 #45C45A #456FC4 #C445AF

split-complementary

#C49A45 #45AFC4 #5A45C4

monochromatic

#6C5422 #9B7831 #C49A45 #D3B373 #E1CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C49A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#C49A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A45

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A45	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b77c',
    500: '#c49a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a45;
$custom-light: #d9b77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.157,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A45

secondary

#97A9CE

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A45

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

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