#C48238#C48238

#C48238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.120 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48238
RGB	rgb(196, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 18.82, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 52.39, 68.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0493 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.12 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4637, 27.9894, 7.4860)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48238 #387AC4

analogous

#C43C38 #C48238 #C0C438

triadic

#C48238 #38C482 #8238C4

tetradic

#C48238 #38C43C #387AC4 #C438C0

square

#C48238 #38C43C #387AC4 #C438C0

split-complementary

#C48238 #38C0C4 #3C38C4

monochromatic

#65431D #94622A #C48238 #D3A066 #E1BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#C48238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#C48238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48238

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48238	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.120 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba672',
    500: '#c48238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48238;
$custom-light: #dba672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66106,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48238

secondary

#8CAACC

accent

#90DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48238

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

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