#C49C46#C49C46

#C49C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C46
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 5.41, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 49.79, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0119 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.114 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.7608, 35.9572, 10.8500)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C46 #466EC4

analogous

#C45D46 #C49C46 #ADC446

triadic

#C49C46 #46C49C #9C46C4

tetradic

#C49C46 #46C45D #466EC4 #C446AD

square

#C49C46 #46C45D #466EC4 #C446AD

split-complementary

#C49C46 #46ADC4 #5D46C4

monochromatic

#6D5523 #9B7A32 #C49C46 #D3B574 #E2CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#C49C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C46

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C46	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97d',
    500: '#c49c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c46;
$custom-light: #d9b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71312,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C46

secondary

#97A9CE

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C46

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

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