#C49D47#C49D47

#C49D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D47
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 4.94, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 49.57, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0106 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.114 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9612, 36.3069, 11.0738)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D47 #476EC4

analogous

#C45F47 #C49D47 #ACC447

triadic

#C49D47 #47C49D #9D47C4

tetradic

#C49D47 #47C45F #476EC4 #C447AC

square

#C49D47 #47C45F #476EC4 #C447AC

split-complementary

#C49D47 #47ACC4 #5F47C4

monochromatic

#6D5623 #9C7B32 #C49D47 #D3B675 #E2CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C49D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D47

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D47	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)

#AF9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97e',
    500: '#c49d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d47;
$custom-light: #d9b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D47

secondary

#98A9CF

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D47

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

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