#C48259#C48259

#C48259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48259
RGB	rgb(196, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 21.07, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 38.70, 57.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0608 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.099 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5527, 28.4250, 13.2214)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48259 #599BC4

analogous

#C45965 #C48259 #C4B859

triadic

#C48259 #59C482 #8259C4

tetradic

#C48259 #65C459 #599BC4 #B859C4

square

#C48259 #65C459 #599BC4 #B859C4

split-complementary

#C48259 #59C4B8 #5965C4

monochromatic

#78482B #A5633B #C48259 #D4A486 #E4C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C48259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C48259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48259

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48259	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a688',
    500: '#c48259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48259;
$custom-light: #d9a688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.991,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66536,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48259

secondary

#A6C2D3

accent

#A4D751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48259

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

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