#C49E52#C49E52

#C49E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E52
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 5.18, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 44.74, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0128 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.105 83)
XYZ	xyz(36.5166, 36.8009, 13.1609)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E52 #5278C4

analogous

#C46552 #C49E52 #B1C452

triadic

#C49E52 #52C49E #9E52C4

tetradic

#C49E52 #52C465 #5278C4 #C452B1

square

#C49E52 #52C465 #5278C4 #C452B1

split-complementary

#C49E52 #52B1C4 #6552C4

monochromatic

#745B28 #A27E37 #C49E52 #D4B880 #E3D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#C49E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E52

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E52	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ba85',
    500: '#c49e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e52;
$custom-light: #d9ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.36799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E52

secondary

#A1B1D1

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E52

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

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