#C49B44#C49B44

#C49B44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B44
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 5.83, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 50.46, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0128 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.115 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5317, 35.5981, 10.4674)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B44 #446DC4

analogous

#C45B44 #C49B44 #ADC444

triadic

#C49B44 #44C49B #9B44C4

tetradic

#C49B44 #44C45B #446DC4 #C444AD

square

#C49B44 #44C45B #446DC4 #C444AD

split-complementary

#C49B44 #44ADC4 #5B44C4

monochromatic

#6C5422 #9A7831 #C49B44 #D3B473 #E1CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C49B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C49B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B44

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B44	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b87c',
    500: '#c49b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b44;
$custom-light: #d9b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.781,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B44

secondary

#96A8CE

accent

#7ADB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B44

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

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