#C49D4D#C49D4D

#C49D4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D4D
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 5.35, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 46.83, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0126 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.109 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1633, 36.3878, 12.1385)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D4D #4D74C4

analogous

#C4614D #C49D4D #AFC44D

triadic

#C49D4D #4DC49D #9D4DC4

tetradic

#C49D4D #4DC461 #4D74C4 #C44DAF

square

#C49D4D #4DC461 #4D74C4 #C44DAF

split-complementary

#C49D4D #4DAFC4 #614DC4

monochromatic

#715825 #9F7C35 #C49D4D #D3B67B #E2D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C49D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D4D

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D4D	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b981',
    500: '#c49d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d4d;
$custom-light: #d9b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71593,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D4D

secondary

#9DAED0

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D4D

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

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