#C49E44#C49E44

#C49E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E44
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 4.20, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 51.14, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0081 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.116 86)
XYZ	xyz(36.0371, 36.6091, 10.6359)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E44 #446AC4

analogous

#C45E44 #C49E44 #AAC444

triadic

#C49E44 #44C49E #9E44C4

tetradic

#C49E44 #44C45E #446AC4 #C444AA

square

#C49E44 #44C45E #446AC4 #C444AA

split-complementary

#C49E44 #44AAC4 #5E44C4

monochromatic

#6C5622 #9A7B31 #C49E44 #D3B673 #E1CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#C49E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E44

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E44	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)

#B09D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba7c',
    500: '#c49e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e44;
$custom-light: #d9ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.36607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E44

secondary

#96A6CE

accent

#77DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E44

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

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