#C48231#C48231

#C48231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.124 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48231
RGB	rgb(196, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 18.48, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 55.16, 70.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0473 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.124 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3043, 27.9257, 6.6467)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48231 #3173C4

analogous

#C43831 #C48231 #BCC431

triadic

#C48231 #31C482 #8231C4

tetradic

#C48231 #31C438 #3173C4 #C431BC

square

#C48231 #31C438 #3173C4 #C431BC

split-complementary

#C48231 #31BCC4 #3831C4

monochromatic

#624119 #936225 #C48231 #D69F5C #E2BC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C48231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C48231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48231

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48231	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)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D67271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.124 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba66e',
    500: '#c48231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48231;
$custom-light: #dba66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66043,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48231

secondary

#84A5CD

accent

#8CE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48231

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

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