#C48451#C48451

#C48451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48451
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 19.32, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 41.94, 62.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0545 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.104 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5035, 28.8351, 11.6368)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48451 #5191C4

analogous

#C45158 #C48451 #C4BE51

triadic

#C48451 #51C484 #8451C4

tetradic

#C48451 #58C451 #5191C4 #BE51C4

square

#C48451 #58C451 #5191C4 #BE51C4

split-complementary

#C48451 #51C4BE #5158C4

monochromatic

#734927 #A16637 #C48451 #D3A47F #E3C5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#C48451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#C48451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48451

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48451	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a883',
    500: '#c48451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48451;
$custom-light: #d9a883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.609,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66782,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48451

secondary

#A0BBD1

accent

#9CD94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48451

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

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