#C48046#C48046

#C48046 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48046
RGB	rgb(196, 128, 70)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 20.73, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 46.54, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0571 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.112 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5918, 27.6191, 9.4604)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48046 #468AC4

analogous

#C4464B #C48046 #C4BF46

triadic

#C48046 #46C480 #8046C4

tetradic

#C48046 #4BC446 #468AC4 #BF46C4

square

#C48046 #4BC446 #468AC4 #BF46C4

split-complementary

#C48046 #46C4BF #464BC4

monochromatic

#6D4523 #9B6232 #C48046 #D3A074 #E2C0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C48046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C48046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48046

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48046	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)

#958640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 128, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa57b',
    500: '#c48046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48046;
$custom-light: #daa57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48046

secondary

#97B5CE

accent

#9ADB4D

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48046

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

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