#C49D45#C49D45

#C49D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D45
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 4.81, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 50.46, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.01 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.115 85)
XYZ	xyz(35.8980, 36.2816, 10.7414)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D45 #456CC4

analogous

#C45E45 #C49D45 #ACC445

triadic

#C49D45 #45C49D #9D45C4

tetradic

#C49D45 #45C45E #456CC4 #C445AC

square

#C49D45 #45C45E #456CC4 #C445AC

split-complementary

#C49D45 #45ACC4 #5E45C4

monochromatic

#6C5622 #9B7A31 #C49D45 #D3B573 #E1CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C49D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D45

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D45	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97c',
    500: '#c49d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d45;
$custom-light: #d9b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.36279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D45

secondary

#97A8CE

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D45

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

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