#C49D43#C49D43

#C49D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D43
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 4.68, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 51.35, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0094 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.117 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8370, 36.2572, 10.4199)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D43 #436AC4

analogous

#C45D43 #C49D43 #ABC443

triadic

#C49D43 #43C49D #9D43C4

tetradic

#C49D43 #43C45D #436AC4 #C443AB

square

#C49D43 #43C45D #436AC4 #C443AB

split-complementary

#C49D43 #43ABC4 #5D43C4

monochromatic

#6B5522 #9A7A30 #C49D43 #D3B572 #E1CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C49D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C49D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D43

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D43	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)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97b',
    500: '#c49d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d43;
$custom-light: #d9b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D43

secondary

#95A6CE

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D43

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

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