#C48738#C48738

#C48738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.120 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48738
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 16.07, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 52.67, 72.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0412 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.12 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1450, 29.3520, 7.7131)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48738 #3875C4

analogous

#C44138 #C48738 #BBC438

triadic

#C48738 #38C487 #8738C4

tetradic

#C48738 #38C441 #3875C4 #C438BB

square

#C48738 #38C441 #3875C4 #C438BB

split-complementary

#C48738 #38BBC4 #4138C4

monochromatic

#65451D #94662A #C48738 #D3A466 #E1C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C48738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#C48738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48738

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48738	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.120 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa73',
    500: '#c48738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48738;
$custom-light: #dbaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67049,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48738

secondary

#8CA8CC

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48738

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

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