#C49C3F#C49C3F

#C49C3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C3F
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 4.99, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 52.86, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0097 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.119 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5526, 35.8739, 9.7534)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C3F #3F67C4

analogous

#C4593F #C49C3F #A9C43F

triadic

#C49C3F #3FC49C #9C3FC4

tetradic

#C49C3F #3FC459 #3F67C4 #C43FA9

square

#C49C3F #3FC459 #3F67C4 #C43FA9

split-complementary

#C49C3F #3FA9C4 #593FC4

monochromatic

#685320 #97782E #C49C3F #D2B46E #E1CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C49C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C3F

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C3F	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab879',
    500: '#c49c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c3f;
$custom-light: #dab879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71242,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C3F

secondary

#92A4CD

accent

#77DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C3F

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

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