#C48648#C48648

#C48648 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48648
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 17.57, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 45.84, 67.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0479 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.109 64)
XYZ	xyz(32.4619, 29.2566, 10.0670)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48648 #4886C4

analogous

#C44848 #C48648 #C4C448

triadic

#C48648 #48C486 #8648C4

tetradic

#C48648 #48C448 #4886C4 #C448C4

square

#C48648 #48C448 #4886C4 #C448C4

split-complementary

#C48648 #48C4C4 #4848C4

monochromatic

#6E4923 #9C6732 #C48648 #D3A576 #E2C3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C48648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C48648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48648

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48648	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa97d',
    500: '#c48648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48648;
$custom-light: #daa97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67035,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.29254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48648

secondary

#99B4CF

accent

#94DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48648

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

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