#C49D42#C49D42

#C49D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D42
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 4.62, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 51.78, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0091 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.118 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8073, 36.2453, 10.2633)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D42 #4269C4

analogous

#C45C42 #C49D42 #AAC442

triadic

#C49D42 #42C49D #9D42C4

tetradic

#C49D42 #42C45C #4269C4 #C442AA

square

#C49D42 #42C45C #4269C4 #C442AA

split-complementary

#C49D42 #42AAC4 #5C42C4

monochromatic

#6A5421 #997930 #C49D42 #D3B571 #E1CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C49D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D42

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D42	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)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97a',
    500: '#c49d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d42;
$custom-light: #d9b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D42

secondary

#94A5CE

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D42

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

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