#C49B59#C49B59

#C49B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.097 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B59
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 7.37, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 40.76, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0201 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.097 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2912, 35.9019, 14.4675)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B59 #5982C4

analogous

#C46559 #C49B59 #B8C459

triadic

#C49B59 #59C49B #9B59C4

tetradic

#C49B59 #59C465 #5982C4 #C459B8

square

#C49B59 #59C465 #5982C4 #C459B8

split-complementary

#C49B59 #59B8C4 #6559C4

monochromatic

#785A2B #A57C3B #C49B59 #D4B686 #E4D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C49B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B59

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B59	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.097 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b889',
    500: '#c49b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b59;
$custom-light: #d8b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.009,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71348,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B59

secondary

#A6B7D3

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B59

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

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