#C49E87#C49E87

#C49E87 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.056 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E87
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(23, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 10.73, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 20.40, 58.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0337 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.056 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3658, 37.9405, 28.1667)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E87 #87ADC4

analogous

#C4878F #C49E87 #C4BC87

triadic

#C49E87 #87C49E #9E87C4

tetradic

#C49E87 #8FC487 #87ADC4 #BC87C4

square

#C49E87 #8FC487 #87ADC4 #BC87C4

split-complementary

#C49E87 #87C4BC #878FC4

monochromatic

#8C6045 #B07D5E #C49E87 #D8BFB0 #ECE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C49E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C49E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E87

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E87	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.056 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baaa',
    500: '#c49e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e87;
$custom-light: #d7baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.623,
    "s": 34.078,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72798,
    "c": 0.05568,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E87

secondary

#C9D6DE

accent

#81AD39

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E87

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

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