#C49F55#C49F55

#C49F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F55
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 4.87, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 43.56, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0122 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.103 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8045, 37.1901, 13.8324)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F55 #557AC4

analogous

#C46755 #C49F55 #B2C455

triadic

#C49F55 #55C49F #9F55C4

tetradic

#C49F55 #55C467 #557AC4 #C455B2

square

#C49F55 #55C467 #557AC4 #C455B2

split-complementary

#C49F55 #55B2C4 #6755C4

monochromatic

#765C29 #A38039 #C49F55 #D4B982 #E4D2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C49F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C49F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F55

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F55	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb87',
    500: '#c49f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f55;
$custom-light: #d9bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F55

secondary

#A3B3D2

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F55

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

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