#C48636#C48636

#C48636 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.121 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48636
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 16.52, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 53.41, 71.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0422 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.121 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9582, 29.0551, 7.4144)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48636 #3674C4

analogous

#C43F36 #C48636 #BBC436

triadic

#C48636 #36C486 #8636C4

tetradic

#C48636 #36C43F #3674C4 #C436BB

square

#C48636 #36C43F #3674C4 #C436BB

split-complementary

#C48636 #36BBC4 #3F36C4

monochromatic

#64441C #946529 #C48636 #D4A363 #E1BF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C48636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#C48636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48636

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48636	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.121 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba971',
    500: '#c48636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48636;
$custom-light: #dba971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6684,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48636

secondary

#89A7CC

accent

#8AE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48636

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

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