#C48538#C48538

#C48538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48538
RGB	rgb(196, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 17.17, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 52.54, 70.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0444 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.12 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8686, 28.7991, 7.6210)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48538 #3877C4

analogous

#C43F38 #C48538 #BDC438

triadic

#C48538 #38C485 #8538C4

tetradic

#C48538 #38C43F #3877C4 #C438BD

square

#C48538 #38C43F #3877C4 #C438BD

split-complementary

#C48538 #38BDC4 #3F38C4

monochromatic

#65441D #94652A #C48538 #D3A266 #E1BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C48538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#C48538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48538

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48538	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba873',
    500: '#c48538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48538;
$custom-light: #dba873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66669,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48538

secondary

#8CA9CC

accent

#8CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48538

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

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