#C49E43#C49E43

#C49E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E43
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 4.14, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 51.58, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0078 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.117 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0069, 36.5970, 10.4765)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E43 #4369C4

analogous

#C45E43 #C49E43 #A9C443

triadic

#C49E43 #43C49E #9E43C4

tetradic

#C49E43 #43C45E #4369C4 #C443A9

square

#C49E43 #43C45E #4369C4 #C443A9

split-complementary

#C49E43 #43A9C4 #5E43C4

monochromatic

#6B5522 #9A7B30 #C49E43 #D3B672 #E1CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C49E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E43

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E43	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba7b',
    500: '#c49e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e43;
$custom-light: #d9ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E43

secondary

#95A6CE

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E43

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

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