#C49E4E#C49E4E

#C49E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E4E
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 4.88, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 46.60, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0114 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.108 84)
XYZ	xyz(36.3688, 36.7417, 12.3825)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E4E #4E74C4

analogous

#C4634E #C49E4E #AFC44E

triadic

#C49E4E #4EC49E #9E4EC4

tetradic

#C49E4E #4EC463 #4E74C4 #C44EAF

square

#C49E4E #4EC463 #4E74C4 #C44EAF

split-complementary

#C49E4E #4EAFC4 #634EC4

monochromatic

#725926 #A07D35 #C49E4E #D3B77C #E3D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C49E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E4E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E4E	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba82',
    500: '#c49e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e4e;
$custom-light: #d9ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71807,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.3674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E4E

secondary

#9EAED0

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E4E

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

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