#C48549#C48549

#C48549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.109 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48549
RGB	rgb(196, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 18.19, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 45.36, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0499 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.109 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3572, 28.9946, 10.1944)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48549 #4988C4

analogous

#C4494B #C48549 #C4C249

triadic

#C48549 #49C485 #8549C4

tetradic

#C48549 #4BC449 #4988C4 #C249C4

square

#C48549 #4BC449 #4988C4 #C249C4

split-complementary

#C48549 #49C4C2 #494BC4

monochromatic

#6F4824 #9D6733 #C48549 #D3A477 #E2C3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C48549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#C48549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48549

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48549	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.109 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa87d',
    500: '#c48549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48549;
$custom-light: #daa87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.268,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66859,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48549

secondary

#9AB5CF

accent

#96DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48549

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

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