#C48442#C48442

#C48442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48442
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 18.28, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 48.31, 67.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0492 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.114 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0018, 28.6344, 8.9948)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48442 #4282C4

analogous

#C44342 #C48442 #C3C442

triadic

#C48442 #42C484 #8442C4

tetradic

#C48442 #42C443 #4282C4 #C442C3

square

#C48442 #42C443 #4282C4 #C442C3

split-complementary

#C48442 #42C3C4 #4342C4

monochromatic

#6A4621 #996530 #C48442 #D3A271 #E1C19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#C48442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#C48442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48442

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48442	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa879',
    500: '#c48442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48442;
$custom-light: #daa879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66586,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48442

secondary

#94B0CE

accent

#93DC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48442

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

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