#C49C41#C49C41

#C49C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C41
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 5.10, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 52.00, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0103 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.118 85)
XYZ	xyz(35.6095, 35.8967, 10.0532)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C41 #4169C4

analogous

#C45A41 #C49C41 #AAC441

triadic

#C49C41 #41C49C #9C41C4

tetradic

#C49C41 #41C45A #4169C4 #C441AA

square

#C49C41 #41C45A #4169C4 #C441AA

split-complementary

#C49C41 #41AAC4 #5A41C4

monochromatic

#6A5321 #98782F #C49C41 #D3B470 #E1CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C49C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C41

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C41	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)

#AE9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab87a',
    500: '#c49c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c41;
$custom-light: #dab87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71261,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.35894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C41

secondary

#93A5CD

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C41

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

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