#C49C4E#C49C4E

#C49C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C4E
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 5.96, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 46.15, 82.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0145 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.107 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0304, 36.0650, 12.2697)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C4E #4E76C4

analogous

#C4614E #C49C4E #B1C44E

triadic

#C49C4E #4EC49C #9C4EC4

tetradic

#C49C4E #4EC461 #4E76C4 #C44EB1

square

#C49C4E #4EC461 #4E76C4 #C44EB1

split-complementary

#C49C4E #4EB1C4 #614EC4

monochromatic

#725826 #A07C35 #C49C4E #D3B67C #E3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C49C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C49C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C4E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C4E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b982',
    500: '#c49c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c4e;
$custom-light: #d9b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C4E

secondary

#9EAFD0

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C4E

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

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