#C48338#C48338

#C48338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48338
RGB	rgb(196, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 18.27, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 52.43, 69.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0477 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.12 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5974, 28.2567, 7.5306)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48338 #3879C4

analogous

#C43D38 #C48338 #BFC438

triadic

#C48338 #38C483 #8338C4

tetradic

#C48338 #38C43D #3879C4 #C438BF

square

#C48338 #38C43D #3879C4 #C438BF

split-complementary

#C48338 #38BFC4 #3D38C4

monochromatic

#65431D #94632A #C48338 #D3A166 #E1BE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C48338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#C48338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48338

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48338	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba772',
    500: '#c48338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48338;
$custom-light: #dba772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48338

secondary

#8CAACC

accent

#8FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48338

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

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