#C49F46#C49F46

#C49F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F46
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 3.79, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 50.49, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0072 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.115 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2705, 36.9764, 11.0199)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F46 #466BC4

analogous

#C46046 #C49F46 #AAC446

triadic

#C49F46 #46C49F #9F46C4

tetradic

#C49F46 #46C460 #466BC4 #C446AA

square

#C49F46 #46C460 #466BC4 #C446AA

split-complementary

#C49F46 #46AAC4 #6046C4

monochromatic

#6D5723 #9B7C32 #C49F46 #D3B774 #E2CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#C49F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F46

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F46	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)

#B09E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7d',
    500: '#c49f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f46;
$custom-light: #d9bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F46

secondary

#97A8CE

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F46

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

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