#C49D4B#C49D4B

#C49D4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D4B
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 5.21, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 47.75, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0119 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.11 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0938, 36.3599, 11.7723)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D4B #4B72C4

analogous

#C4604B #C49D4B #AFC44B

triadic

#C49D4B #4BC49D #9D4BC4

tetradic

#C49D4B #4BC460 #4B72C4 #C44BAF

square

#C49D4B #4BC460 #4B72C4 #C44BAF

split-complementary

#C49D4B #4BAFC4 #604BC4

monochromatic

#705825 #9E7C34 #C49D4B #D3B679 #E2CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C49D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D4B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D4B	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b980',
    500: '#c49d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d4b;
$custom-light: #d9b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.661,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D4B

secondary

#9BACCF

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D4B

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

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