#C49F43#C49F43

#C49F43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F43
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 3.60, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 51.82, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0062 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.118 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.1781, 36.9395, 10.5336)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F43 #4368C4

analogous

#C45F43 #C49F43 #A9C443

triadic

#C49F43 #43C49F #9F43C4

tetradic

#C49F43 #43C45F #4368C4 #C443A9

square

#C49F43 #43C45F #4368C4 #C443A9

split-complementary

#C49F43 #43A9C4 #5F43C4

monochromatic

#6B5622 #9A7B30 #C49F43 #D3B772 #E1CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C49F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F43

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F43	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7b',
    500: '#c49f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f43;
$custom-light: #d9bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F43

secondary

#95A5CE

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F43

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

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