#C48657#C48657

#C48657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.099 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48657
RGB	rgb(196, 134, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 18.71, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 39.43, 61.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0535 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.099 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0123, 29.4767, 12.9659)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48657 #5795C4

analogous

#C4575E #C48657 #C4BD57

triadic

#C48657 #57C486 #8657C4

tetradic

#C48657 #5EC457 #5795C4 #BD57C4

square

#C48657 #5EC457 #5795C4 #BD57C4

split-complementary

#C48657 #57C4BD #575EC4

monochromatic

#774B2A #A4683A #C48657 #D4A784 #E4C7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C48657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C48657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48657

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48657	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)

#988B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 134, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.099 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a987',
    500: '#c48657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48657;
$custom-light: #d9a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.872,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48657

secondary

#A5BFD2

accent

#9DD850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48657

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

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