#C48436#C48436

#C48436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48436
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 17.62, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 53.29, 70.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0455 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.121 68)
XYZ	xyz(31.6844, 28.5075, 7.3231)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48436 #3676C4

analogous

#C43D36 #C48436 #BDC436

triadic

#C48436 #36C484 #8436C4

tetradic

#C48436 #36C43D #3676C4 #C436BD

square

#C48436 #36C43D #3676C4 #C436BD

split-complementary

#C48436 #36BDC4 #3D36C4

monochromatic

#64431C #946429 #C48436 #D4A163 #E1BE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C48436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#C48436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48436

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48436	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba771',
    500: '#c48436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48436;
$custom-light: #dba771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.958,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.28505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48436

secondary

#89A8CC

accent

#8CE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48436

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

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