#C48138#C48138

#C48138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48138
RGB	rgb(196, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 19.36, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 52.35, 68.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0509 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.12 65)
XYZ	xyz(31.3314, 27.7247, 7.4419)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48138 #387BC4

analogous

#C43B38 #C48138 #C1C438

triadic

#C48138 #38C481 #8138C4

tetradic

#C48138 #38C43B #387BC4 #C438C1

square

#C48138 #38C43B #387BC4 #C438C1

split-complementary

#C48138 #38C1C4 #3B38C4

monochromatic

#65421D #94622A #C48138 #D39F66 #E1BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C48138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C48138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48138

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48138	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D67271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba572',
    500: '#c48138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48138;
$custom-light: #dba572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65919,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.27722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48138

secondary

#8CABCC

accent

#91DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48138

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

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