#C49D40#C49D40

#C49D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D40
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 4.50, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 52.65, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0085 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.119 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7493, 36.2222, 9.9581)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D40 #4067C4

analogous

#C45B40 #C49D40 #A9C440

triadic

#C49D40 #40C49D #9D40C4

tetradic

#C49D40 #40C45B #4067C4 #C440A9

square

#C49D40 #40C45B #4067C4 #C440A9

split-complementary

#C49D40 #40A9C4 #5B40C4

monochromatic

#695420 #98792F #C49D40 #D2B56F #E1CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#C49D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D40

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D40	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab979',
    500: '#c49d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d40;
$custom-light: #dab979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71454,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D40

secondary

#93A4CD

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →