#C48742#C48742

#C48742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.113 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48742
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 16.64, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 48.48, 69.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0443 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.113 67)
XYZ	xyz(32.4145, 29.4598, 9.1323)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48742 #427FC4

analogous

#C44642 #C48742 #C0C442

triadic

#C48742 #42C487 #8742C4

tetradic

#C48742 #42C446 #427FC4 #C442C0

square

#C48742 #42C446 #427FC4 #C442C0

split-complementary

#C48742 #42C0C4 #4642C4

monochromatic

#6A4821 #996830 #C48742 #D3A571 #E1C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C48742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#C48742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48742

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48742	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)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.113 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa79',
    500: '#c48742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48742;
$custom-light: #daaa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67152,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.29457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48742

secondary

#94AFCE

accent

#8FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48742

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

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