#C49D55#C49D55

#C49D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D55
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 5.96, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 43.09, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0154 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.102 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4634, 36.5078, 13.7187)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D55 #557CC4

analogous

#C46555 #C49D55 #B4C455

triadic

#C49D55 #55C49D #9D55C4

tetradic

#C49D55 #55C465 #557CC4 #C455B4

square

#C49D55 #55C465 #557CC4 #C455B4

split-complementary

#C49D55 #55B4C4 #6555C4

monochromatic

#765B29 #A37E39 #C49D55 #D4B782 #E4D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C49D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D55

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D55	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b987',
    500: '#c49d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d55;
$custom-light: #d9b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D55

secondary

#A3B3D2

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D55

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

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