#C49D4E#C49D4E

#C49D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D4E
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 5.42, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 46.37, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.013 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.108 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1989, 36.4020, 12.3259)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D4E #4E75C4

analogous

#C4624E #C49D4E #B0C44E

triadic

#C49D4E #4EC49D #9D4EC4

tetradic

#C49D4E #4EC462 #4E75C4 #C44EB0

square

#C49D4E #4EC462 #4E75C4 #C44EB0

split-complementary

#C49D4E #4EB0C4 #624EC4

monochromatic

#725926 #A07C35 #C49D4E #D3B67C #E3D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C49D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#C49D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D4E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D4E	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)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b982',
    500: '#c49d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d4e;
$custom-light: #d9b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71605,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D4E

secondary

#9EAED0

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D4E

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

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