#C49B3E#C49B3E

#C49B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B3E
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 5.47, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 53.07, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.011 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.12 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3578, 35.5286, 9.5519)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B3E #3E67C4

analogous

#C4583E #C49B3E #AAC43E

triadic

#C49B3E #3EC49B #9B3EC4

tetradic

#C49B3E #3EC458 #3E67C4 #C43EAA

square

#C49B3E #3EC458 #3E67C4 #C43EAA

split-complementary

#C49B3E #3EAAC4 #583EC4

monochromatic

#685220 #97772E #C49B3E #D2B36D #E1CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C49B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B3E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B3E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab878',
    500: '#c49b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b3e;
$custom-light: #dab878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B3E

secondary

#91A3CD

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B3E

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

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