#C48038#C48038

#C48038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48038
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 19.91, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 52.33, 67.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0525 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.121 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2003, 27.4625, 7.3982)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48038 #387CC4

analogous

#C43A38 #C48038 #C2C438

triadic

#C48038 #38C480 #8038C4

tetradic

#C48038 #38C43A #387CC4 #C438C2

square

#C48038 #38C43A #387CC4 #C438C2

split-complementary

#C48038 #38C2C4 #3A38C4

monochromatic

#65421D #94612A #C48038 #D39E66 #E1BC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C48038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C48038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48038

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48038	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#968630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D67071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba572',
    500: '#c48038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48038;
$custom-light: #dba572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65734,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48038

secondary

#8CABCC

accent

#92DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48038

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

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