#C49F47#C49F47

#C49F47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F47
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 3.86, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 50.04, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0075 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.115 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3023, 36.9892, 11.1876)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F47 #476CC4

analogous

#C46147 #C49F47 #AAC447

triadic

#C49F47 #47C49F #9F47C4

tetradic

#C49F47 #47C461 #476CC4 #C447AA

square

#C49F47 #47C461 #476CC4 #C447AA

split-complementary

#C49F47 #47AAC4 #6147C4

monochromatic

#6D5723 #9C7C32 #C49F47 #D3B775 #E2CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C49F47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F47

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F47	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7e',
    500: '#c49f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f47;
$custom-light: #d9bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F47

secondary

#98A8CF

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F47

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

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