#C48142#C48142

#C48142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.114 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48142
RGB	rgb(196, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 19.93, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 48.22, 65.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0541 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.114 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6008, 27.8325, 8.8611)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48142 #4285C4

analogous

#C44244 #C48142 #C4C242

triadic

#C48142 #42C481 #8142C4

tetradic

#C48142 #44C442 #4285C4 #C242C4

square

#C48142 #44C442 #4285C4 #C242C4

split-complementary

#C48142 #42C4C2 #4244C4

monochromatic

#6A4521 #996330 #C48142 #D3A071 #E1BF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C48142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#C48142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48142

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48142	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.114 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa579',
    500: '#c48142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48142;
$custom-light: #daa579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66027,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48142

secondary

#94B2CE

accent

#96DC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48142

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

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