#C48449#C48449

#C48449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.109 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48449
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 18.74, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 45.33, 65.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0516 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.109 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2210, 28.7221, 10.1490)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48449 #4989C4

analogous

#C4494C #C48449 #C4C149

triadic

#C48449 #49C484 #8449C4

tetradic

#C48449 #4CC449 #4989C4 #C149C4

square

#C48449 #4CC449 #4989C4 #C149C4

split-complementary

#C48449 #49C4C1 #494CC4

monochromatic

#6F4824 #9D6633 #C48449 #D3A377 #E2C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C48449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#C48449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48449

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48449	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.109 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa87d',
    500: '#c48449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48449;
$custom-light: #daa87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.78,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66672,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48449

secondary

#9AB5CF

accent

#97DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48449

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

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