#C49C8A#C49C8A

#C49C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.054 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49C8A
RGB	rgb(196, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(19, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 12.23, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 19.42, 50.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0381 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.054 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2416, 37.3495, 29.1820)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49C8A #8AB2C4

analogous

#C48A95 #C49C8A #C4B98A

triadic

#C49C8A #8AC49C #9C8AC4

tetradic

#C49C8A #95C48A #8AB2C4 #B98AC4

square

#C49C8A #95C48A #8AB2C4 #B98AC4

split-complementary

#C49C8A #8AC4B9 #8A95C4

monochromatic

#8D5D47 #AF7A61 #C49C8A #D9BEB3 #EDE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C49C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C49C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49C8A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49C8A	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.054 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9ac',
    500: '#c49c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49c8a;
$custom-light: #d7b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.621,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.05438,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49C8A

secondary

#CBD9DF

accent

#88AC3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49C8A

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

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