#C48460#C48460

#C48460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.094 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48460
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 96)
HSL	hsl(22, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 51%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 20.60, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 35.88, 54.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0603 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.094 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1294, 29.0854, 14.9333)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48460 #60A0C4

analogous

#C4606E #C48460 #C4B660

triadic

#C48460 #60C484 #8460C4

tetradic

#C48460 #6EC460 #60A0C4 #B660C4

square

#C48460 #6EC460 #60A0C4 #B660C4

split-complementary

#C48460 #60C4B6 #606EC4

monochromatic

#7C4A2E #A8653E #C48460 #D5A78D #E5C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C48460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C48460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48460

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48460	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.094 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a88d',
    500: '#c48460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48460;
$custom-light: #d9a88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 45.872,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67025,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48460

secondary

#ACC6D4

accent

#A6D652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48460

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

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