#C49E4A#C49E4A

#C49E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E4A
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 4.60, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 48.44, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.01 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.112 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2297, 36.6861, 11.6501)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E4A #4A70C4

analogous

#C4614A #C49E4A #ADC44A

triadic

#C49E4A #4AC49E #9E4AC4

tetradic

#C49E4A #4AC461 #4A70C4 #C44AAD

square

#C49E4A #4AC461 #4A70C4 #C44AAD

split-complementary

#C49E4A #4AADC4 #614AC4

monochromatic

#6F5824 #9D7C33 #C49E4A #D3B778 #E2CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C49E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E4A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E4A	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba7f',
    500: '#c49e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e4a;
$custom-light: #d9ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E4A

secondary

#9BABCF

accent

#79DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E4A

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

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