#C48242#C48242

#C48242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48242
RGB	rgb(196, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 19.38, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 48.24, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0524 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.114 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7332, 28.0972, 8.9052)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48242 #4284C4

analogous

#C44243 #C48242 #C4C342

triadic

#C48242 #42C482 #8242C4

tetradic

#C48242 #43C442 #4284C4 #C342C4

square

#C48242 #43C442 #4284C4 #C342C4

split-complementary

#C48242 #42C4C3 #4243C4

monochromatic

#6A4521 #996430 #C48242 #D3A171 #E1C09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#C48242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#C48242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48242

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48242	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa679',
    500: '#c48242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48242;
$custom-light: #daa679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48242

secondary

#94B1CE

accent

#95DC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48242

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

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