#C49B60#C49B60

#C49B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.091 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49B60
RGB	rgb(196, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 51%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 7.99, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 37.43, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0227 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.091 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5992, 36.0251, 16.0899)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49B60 #6089C4

analogous

#C46960 #C49B60 #BBC460

triadic

#C49B60 #60C49B #9B60C4

tetradic

#C49B60 #60C469 #6089C4 #C460BB

square

#C49B60 #60C469 #6089C4 #C460BB

split-complementary

#C49B60 #60BBC4 #6960C4

monochromatic

#7C5C2E #A87D3E #C49B60 #D5B78D #E5D3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C49B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49B60

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49B60	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.091 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b88e',
    500: '#c49b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49b60;
$custom-light: #d8b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.4,
    "s": 45.872,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49B60

secondary

#ACBCD4

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49B60

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

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