#C48044#C48044

#C48044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48044
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 68)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 20.60, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 47.37, 64.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0564 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.113 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5297, 27.5943, 9.1334)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48044 #4488C4

analogous

#C44448 #C48044 #C4C044

triadic

#C48044 #44C480 #8044C4

tetradic

#C48044 #48C444 #4488C4 #C044C4

square

#C48044 #48C444 #4488C4 #C044C4

split-complementary

#C48044 #44C4C0 #4448C4

monochromatic

#6C4422 #9A6231 #C48044 #D3A073 #E1BFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C48044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C48044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48044

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48044	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa57a',
    500: '#c48044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48044;
$custom-light: #daa57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65866,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48044

secondary

#96B4CE

accent

#98DB4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48044

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

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