#C49E46#C49E46

#C49E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E46
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 4.33, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 50.25, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0087 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.115 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0992, 36.6339, 10.9628)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E46 #466CC4

analogous

#C45F46 #C49E46 #ABC446

triadic

#C49E46 #46C49E #9E46C4

tetradic

#C49E46 #46C45F #466CC4 #C446AB

square

#C49E46 #46C45F #466CC4 #C446AB

split-complementary

#C49E46 #46ABC4 #5F46C4

monochromatic

#6D5723 #9B7B32 #C49E46 #D3B674 #E2CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C49E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E46

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E46	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba7d',
    500: '#c49e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e46;
$custom-light: #d9ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E46

secondary

#97A8CE

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E46

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

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