#C49D41#C49D41

#C49D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D41
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 4.56, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 52.22, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0088 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.118 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7780, 36.2336, 10.1093)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D41 #4168C4

analogous

#C45B41 #C49D41 #A9C441

triadic

#C49D41 #41C49D #9D41C4

tetradic

#C49D41 #41C45B #4168C4 #C441A9

square

#C49D41 #41C45B #4168C4 #C441A9

split-complementary

#C49D41 #41A9C4 #5B41C4

monochromatic

#6A5421 #98792F #C49D41 #D3B570 #E1CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C49D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D41

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D41	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab97a',
    500: '#c49d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d41;
$custom-light: #dab97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D41

secondary

#93A5CD

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D41

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

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