#C49C44#C49C44

#C49C44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C44
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 5.29, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 50.68, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0113 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.116 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6988, 35.9323, 10.5231)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C44 #446CC4

analogous

#C45C44 #C49C44 #ACC444

triadic

#C49C44 #44C49C #9C44C4

tetradic

#C49C44 #44C45C #446CC4 #C444AC

square

#C49C44 #44C45C #446CC4 #C444AC

split-complementary

#C49C44 #44ACC4 #5C44C4

monochromatic

#6C5522 #9A7931 #C49C44 #D3B573 #E1CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C49C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C49C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C44

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C44	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97c',
    500: '#c49c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c44;
$custom-light: #d9b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71291,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C44

secondary

#96A7CE

accent

#79DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C44

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

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