#C49D44#C49D44

#C49D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D44
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 4.74, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 50.91, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0097 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.116 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8673, 36.2693, 10.5792)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D44 #446BC4

analogous

#C45D44 #C49D44 #ABC444

triadic

#C49D44 #44C49D #9D44C4

tetradic

#C49D44 #44C45D #446BC4 #C444AB

square

#C49D44 #44C45D #446BC4 #C444AB

split-complementary

#C49D44 #44ABC4 #5D44C4

monochromatic

#6C5522 #9A7A31 #C49D44 #D3B573 #E1CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C49D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D44

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D44	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97c',
    500: '#c49d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d44;
$custom-light: #d9b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71493,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D44

secondary

#96A7CE

accent

#78DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D44

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

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