#C49F4E#C49F4E

#C49F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F4E
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 4.34, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 46.85, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0098 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.109 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5400, 37.0843, 12.4396)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F4E #4E73C4

analogous

#C4644E #C49F4E #AEC44E

triadic

#C49F4E #4EC49F #9F4EC4

tetradic

#C49F4E #4EC464 #4E73C4 #C44EAE

square

#C49F4E #4EC464 #4E73C4 #C44EAE

split-complementary

#C49F4E #4EAEC4 #644EC4

monochromatic

#725A26 #A07E35 #C49F4E #D3B87C #E3D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C49F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C49F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F4E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F4E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb82',
    500: '#c49f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f4e;
$custom-light: #d9bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.186,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F4E

secondary

#9EADD0

accent

#7ADA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F4E

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

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