#C49E41#C49E41

#C49E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E41
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 4.02, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 52.45, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0072 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9479, 36.5734, 10.1660)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E41 #4167C4

analogous

#C45C41 #C49E41 #A8C441

triadic

#C49E41 #41C49E #9E41C4

tetradic

#C49E41 #41C45C #4167C4 #C441A8

square

#C49E41 #41C45C #4167C4 #C441A8

split-complementary

#C49E41 #41A8C4 #5C41C4

monochromatic

#6A5521 #987A2F #C49E41 #D3B670 #E1CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C49E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#C49E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E41

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E41	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba7a',
    500: '#c49e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e41;
$custom-light: #d9ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E41

secondary

#93A4CD

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E41

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

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