#C49D7D#C49D7D

#C49D7D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.064 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D7D
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 125)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 36.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 10.01, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 24.39, 65.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0312 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.064 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5246, 37.3323, 24.5747)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D7D #7DA4C4

analogous

#C47D80 #C49D7D #C4C07D

triadic

#C49D7D #7DC49D #9D7DC4

tetradic

#C49D7D #80C47D #7DA4C4 #C07DC4

square

#C49D7D #80C47D #7DA4C4 #C07DC4

split-complementary

#C49D7D #7DC4C0 #7D80C4

monochromatic

#89603E #B17D53 #C49D7D #D7BDA7 #EADCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C49D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C49D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D7D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D7D	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.064 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baa2',
    500: '#c49d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d7d;
$custom-light: #d7baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 37.566,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.06412,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D7D

secondary

#C2D0DB

accent

#79B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D7D

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

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