#C49A4E#C49A4E

#C49A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49A4E
RGB	rgb(196, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 7.05, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 45.72, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0177 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.107 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6976, 35.3993, 12.1588)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49A4E #4E78C4

analogous

#C45F4E #C49A4E #B3C44E

triadic

#C49A4E #4EC49A #9A4EC4

tetradic

#C49A4E #4EC45F #4E78C4 #C44EB3

square

#C49A4E #4EC45F #4E78C4 #C44EB3

split-complementary

#C49A4E #4EB3C4 #5F4EC4

monochromatic

#725726 #A07A35 #C49A4E #D3B47C #E3CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C49A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49A4E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49A4E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b782',
    500: '#c49a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49a4e;
$custom-light: #d9b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49A4E

secondary

#9EB0D0

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49A4E

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

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