#C49B42#C49B42

#C49B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B42
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 5.70, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 51.34, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0122 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.117 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.4717, 35.5741, 10.1514)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B42 #426BC4

analogous

#C45A42 #C49B42 #ACC442

triadic

#C49B42 #42C49B #9B42C4

tetradic

#C49B42 #42C45A #426BC4 #C442AC

square

#C49B42 #42C45A #426BC4 #C442AC

split-complementary

#C49B42 #42ACC4 #5A42C4

monochromatic

#6A5321 #997830 #C49B42 #D3B471 #E1CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#C49B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B42

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab87a',
    500: '#c49b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b42;
$custom-light: #dab87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B42

secondary

#94A6CE

accent

#79DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B42

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

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