#C48656#C48656

#C48656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.100 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48656
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 18.62, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 39.85, 62.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0531 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.1 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9717, 29.4605, 12.7522)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48656 #5694C4

analogous

#C4565D #C48656 #C4BD56

triadic

#C48656 #56C486 #8656C4

tetradic

#C48656 #5DC456 #5694C4 #BD56C4

square

#C48656 #5DC456 #5694C4 #BD56C4

split-complementary

#C48656 #56C4BD #565DC4

monochromatic

#764B29 #A46839 #C48656 #D4A683 #E4C7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C48656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C48656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48656

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48656	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.100 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a986',
    500: '#c48656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48656;
$custom-light: #d9a986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.182,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48656

secondary

#A4BED2

accent

#9DD850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48656

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

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