#C48149#C48149

#C48149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.110 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48149
RGB	rgb(196, 129, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 20.39, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 45.29, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0565 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.11 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8200, 27.9201, 10.0153)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48149 #498CC4

analogous

#C4494F #C48149 #C4BE49

triadic

#C48149 #49C481 #8149C4

tetradic

#C48149 #4FC449 #498CC4 #BE49C4

square

#C48149 #4FC449 #498CC4 #BE49C4

split-complementary

#C48149 #49C4BE #494FC4

monochromatic

#6F4624 #9D6333 #C48149 #D3A177 #E2C1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C48149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C48149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48149

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48149	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 129, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.110 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa57d',
    500: '#c48149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48149;
$custom-light: #daa57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.317,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66114,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48149

secondary

#9AB7CF

accent

#9ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48149

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

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