#C48037#C48037

#C48037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48037
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 19.86, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 52.73, 67.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0522 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.121 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1761, 27.4528, 7.2707)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48037 #377BC4

analogous

#C43A37 #C48037 #C2C437

triadic

#C48037 #37C480 #8037C4

tetradic

#C48037 #37C43A #377BC4 #C437C2

square

#C48037 #37C43A #377BC4 #C437C2

split-complementary

#C48037 #37C2C4 #3A37C4

monochromatic

#64421C #94612A #C48037 #D49E65 #E1BC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C48037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C48037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48037

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48037	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D67070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba572',
    500: '#c48037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48037;
$custom-light: #dba572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48037

secondary

#8BAACC

accent

#91DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48037

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

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