#C49F45#C49F45

#C49F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F45
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 3.73, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 50.93, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0069 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.116 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2392, 36.9639, 10.8551)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F45 #456AC4

analogous

#C46045 #C49F45 #A9C445

triadic

#C49F45 #45C49F #9F45C4

tetradic

#C49F45 #45C460 #456AC4 #C445A9

square

#C49F45 #45C460 #456AC4 #C445A9

split-complementary

#C49F45 #45A9C4 #6045C4

monochromatic

#6C5722 #9B7C31 #C49F45 #D3B773 #E1CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C49F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F45

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F45	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)

#B09E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7c',
    500: '#c49f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f45;
$custom-light: #d9bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F45

secondary

#97A7CE

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F45

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

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