#C48438#C48438

#C48438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48438
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 17.72, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 52.48, 70.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.046 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.12 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7323, 28.5266, 7.5756)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48438 #3878C4

analogous

#C43E38 #C48438 #BEC438

triadic

#C48438 #38C484 #8438C4

tetradic

#C48438 #38C43E #3878C4 #C438BE

square

#C48438 #38C43E #3878C4 #C438BE

split-complementary

#C48438 #38BEC4 #3E38C4

monochromatic

#65441D #94642A #C48438 #D3A166 #E1BE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C48438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#C48438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48438

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48438	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)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba772',
    500: '#c48438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48438;
$custom-light: #dba772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48438

secondary

#8CA9CC

accent

#8DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48438

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

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