#C49F4A#C49F4A

#C49F4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F4A
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 4.06, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 48.68, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0084 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.112 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4010, 37.0286, 11.7072)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F4A #4A6FC4

analogous

#C4624A #C49F4A #ACC44A

triadic

#C49F4A #4AC49F #9F4AC4

tetradic

#C49F4A #4AC462 #4A6FC4 #C44AAC

square

#C49F4A #4AC462 #4A6FC4 #C44AAC

split-complementary

#C49F4A #4AACC4 #624AC4

monochromatic

#6F5924 #9D7D33 #C49F4A #D3B778 #E2D0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C49F4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F4A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F4A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb80',
    500: '#c49f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f4a;
$custom-light: #d9bb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F4A

secondary

#9BABCF

accent

#78DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F4A

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

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