#C49F41#C49F41

#C49F41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F41
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 3.48, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 52.69, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0056 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.119 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1192, 36.9159, 10.2231)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F41 #4166C4

analogous

#C45D41 #C49F41 #A7C441

triadic

#C49F41 #41C49F #9F41C4

tetradic

#C49F41 #41C45D #4166C4 #C441A7

square

#C49F41 #41C45D #4166C4 #C441A7

split-complementary

#C49F41 #41A7C4 #5D41C4

monochromatic

#6A5521 #987B2F #C49F41 #D3B770 #E1CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C49F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C49F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F41

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F41	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7a',
    500: '#c49f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f41;
$custom-light: #d9bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F41

secondary

#93A4CD

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →