#C49F49#C49F49

#C49F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F49
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 3.99, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 49.14, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0081 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.113 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3676, 37.0153, 11.5312)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F49 #496EC4

analogous

#C46149 #C49F49 #ACC449

triadic

#C49F49 #49C49F #9F49C4

tetradic

#C49F49 #49C461 #496EC4 #C449AC

square

#C49F49 #49C461 #496EC4 #C449AC

split-complementary

#C49F49 #49ACC4 #6149C4

monochromatic

#6F5824 #9D7D33 #C49F49 #D3B777 #E2D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C49F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F49

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F49	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7f',
    500: '#c49f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f49;
$custom-light: #d9bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F49

secondary

#9AAACF

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F49

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

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