#C48045#C48045

#C48045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48045
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 69)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 20.67, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 46.96, 63.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0567 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.113 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5605, 27.6066, 9.2955)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48045 #4589C4

analogous

#C4454A #C48045 #C4C045

triadic

#C48045 #45C480 #8045C4

tetradic

#C48045 #4AC445 #4589C4 #C045C4

square

#C48045 #4AC445 #4589C4 #C045C4

split-complementary

#C48045 #45C4C0 #454AC4

monochromatic

#6C4522 #9B6231 #C48045 #D3A073 #E1BFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C48045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C48045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48045

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48045	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)

#95863F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa57b',
    500: '#c48045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48045;
$custom-light: #daa57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.874,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65878,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48045

secondary

#97B4CE

accent

#99DB4D

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48045

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

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