#C48649#C48649

#C48649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48649
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 17.64, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 45.41, 67.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0483 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.109 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4948, 29.2697, 10.2403)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48649 #4987C4

analogous

#C4494A #C48649 #C4C349

triadic

#C48649 #49C486 #8649C4

tetradic

#C48649 #4AC449 #4987C4 #C349C4

square

#C48649 #4AC449 #4987C4 #C349C4

split-complementary

#C48649 #49C4C3 #494AC4

monochromatic

#6F4924 #9D6733 #C48649 #D3A577 #E2C3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C48649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C48649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48649

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48649	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa97e',
    500: '#c48649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48649;
$custom-light: #daa97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.756,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48649

secondary

#9AB5CF

accent

#94DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48649

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

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