#C49B4E#C49B4E

#C49B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B4E
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 6.50, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 45.93, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0161 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.107 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8633, 35.7308, 12.2140)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B4E #4E77C4

analogous

#C4604E #C49B4E #B2C44E

triadic

#C49B4E #4EC49B #9B4EC4

tetradic

#C49B4E #4EC460 #4E77C4 #C44EB2

square

#C49B4E #4EC460 #4E77C4 #C44EB2

split-complementary

#C49B4E #4EB2C4 #604EC4

monochromatic

#725726 #A07B35 #C49B4E #D3B57C #E3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C49B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C49B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B4E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B4E	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b882',
    500: '#c49b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b4e;
$custom-light: #d9b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.153,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71203,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B4E

secondary

#9EAFD0

accent

#7FDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B4E

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