#C49D8A#C49D8A

#C49D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.054 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49D8A
RGB	rgb(196, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(20, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 11.68, 15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 19.36, 52.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0365 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.054 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4101, 37.6865, 29.2382)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49D8A #8AB1C4

analogous

#C48A94 #C49D8A #C4BA8A

triadic

#C49D8A #8AC49D #9D8AC4

tetradic

#C49D8A #94C48A #8AB1C4 #BA8AC4

square

#C49D8A #94C48A #8AB1C4 #BA8AC4

split-complementary

#C49D8A #8AC4BA #8A94C4

monochromatic

#8D5E47 #AF7B61 #C49D8A #D9BFB3 #EDE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C49D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C49D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49D8A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49D8A	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.054 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baac',
    500: '#c49d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49d8a;
$custom-light: #d7baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.05389,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49D8A

secondary

#CBD8DF

accent

#86AC3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49D8A

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

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