#C48550#C48550

#C48550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48550
RGB	rgb(196, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 18.70, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 42.37, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0525 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.104 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6025, 29.0927, 11.4862)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48550 #508FC4

analogous

#C45055 #C48550 #C4BF50

triadic

#C48550 #50C485 #8550C4

tetradic

#C48550 #55C450 #508FC4 #BF50C4

square

#C48550 #55C450 #508FC4 #BF50C4

split-complementary

#C48550 #50C4BF #5055C4

monochromatic

#734A27 #A16736 #C48550 #D3A57E #E3C5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C48550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C48550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48550

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48550	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)

#988A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a882',
    500: '#c48550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48550;
$custom-light: #d9a882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.414,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66955,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48550

secondary

#9FBAD1

accent

#9AD94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48550

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

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