#C48749#C48749

#C48749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48749
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 17.09, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 45.46, 67.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0466 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.108 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6336, 29.5474, 10.2865)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48749 #4986C4

analogous

#C44A49 #C48749 #C3C449

triadic

#C48749 #49C487 #8749C4

tetradic

#C48749 #49C44A #4986C4 #C449C3

square

#C48749 #49C44A #4986C4 #C449C3

split-complementary

#C48749 #49C3C4 #4A49C4

monochromatic

#6F4A24 #9D6833 #C48749 #D3A577 #E2C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C48749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C48749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48749

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48749	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9994A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa7e',
    500: '#c48749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48749;
$custom-light: #daaa7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.244,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48749

secondary

#9AB4CF

accent

#93DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48749

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

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