#C49E7E#C49E7E

#C49E7E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.063 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E7E
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(27, 37%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 35.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 9.58, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 24.05, 66.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.03 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.063 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7587, 37.6977, 24.9694)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E7E #7EA4C4

analogous

#C47E81 #C49E7E #C4C17E

triadic

#C49E7E #7EC49E #9E7EC4

tetradic

#C49E7E #81C47E #7EA4C4 #C17EC4

square

#C49E7E #81C47E #7EA4C4 #C17EC4

split-complementary

#C49E7E #7EC4C1 #7E81C4

monochromatic

#89613F #B17E54 #C49E7E #D7BEA8 #EADDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C49E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C49E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E7E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E7E	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.063 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baa3',
    500: '#c49e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e7e;
$custom-light: #d7baa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 37.234,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E7E

secondary

#C2D0DB

accent

#78B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E7E

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

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