#C49E8A#C49E8A

#C49E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.053 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49E8A
RGB	rgb(196, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(21, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 11.14, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 19.32, 54.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0349 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.053 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5800, 38.0262, 29.2948)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49E8A #8AB0C4

analogous

#C48A93 #C49E8A #C4BB8A

triadic

#C49E8A #8AC49E #9E8AC4

tetradic

#C49E8A #93C48A #8AB0C4 #BB8AC4

square

#C49E8A #93C48A #8AB0C4 #BB8AC4

split-complementary

#C49E8A #8AC4BB #8A93C4

monochromatic

#8D5F47 #AF7C61 #C49E8A #D9C0B3 #EDE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C49E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C49E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49E8A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49E8A	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.053 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baac',
    500: '#c49e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49e8a;
$custom-light: #d7baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 32.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.05347,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49E8A

secondary

#CBD8DF

accent

#84AC3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49E8A

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

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