#C49C42#C49C42

#C49C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C42
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 5.16, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 51.56, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0106 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.117 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6388, 35.9083, 10.2071)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C42 #426AC4

analogous

#C45B42 #C49C42 #ABC442

triadic

#C49C42 #42C49C #9C42C4

tetradic

#C49C42 #42C45B #426AC4 #C442AB

square

#C49C42 #42C45B #426AC4 #C442AB

split-complementary

#C49C42 #42ABC4 #5B42C4

monochromatic

#6A5421 #997930 #C49C42 #D3B471 #E1CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C49C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C42

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C42	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)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b87a',
    500: '#c49c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c42;
$custom-light: #d9b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C42

secondary

#94A6CE

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C42

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

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