#C49E40#C49E40

#C49E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E40
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 3.96, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 52.88, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0069 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.12 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9192, 36.5619, 10.0148)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E40 #4066C4

analogous

#C45C40 #C49E40 #A8C440

triadic

#C49E40 #40C49E #9E40C4

tetradic

#C49E40 #40C45C #4066C4 #C440A8

square

#C49E40 #40C45C #4066C4 #C440A8

split-complementary

#C49E40 #40A8C4 #5C40C4

monochromatic

#695420 #987A2F #C49E40 #D2B66F #E1CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C49E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E40

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E40	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daba79',
    500: '#c49e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e40;
$custom-light: #daba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E40

secondary

#93A3CD

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E40

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

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