#C48638#C48638

#C48638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.120 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48638
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 16.62, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 52.60, 71.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0428 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.12 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0062, 29.0743, 7.6669)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48638 #3876C4

analogous

#C44038 #C48638 #BCC438

triadic

#C48638 #38C486 #8638C4

tetradic

#C48638 #38C440 #3876C4 #C438BC

square

#C48638 #38C440 #3876C4 #C438BC

split-complementary

#C48638 #38BCC4 #4038C4

monochromatic

#65451D #94652A #C48638 #D3A366 #E1C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C48638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#C48638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48638

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48638	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)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.120 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba973',
    500: '#c48638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48638;
$custom-light: #dba973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66859,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48638

secondary

#8CA8CC

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48638

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

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