#C48765#C48765

#C48765 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.089 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48765
RGB	rgb(196, 135, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 48.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 19.43, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 33.80, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0573 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.089 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7796, 30.0058, 16.3220)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48765 #65A2C4

analogous

#C46572 #C48765 #C4B765

triadic

#C48765 #65C487 #8765C4

tetradic

#C48765 #72C465 #65A2C4 #B765C4

square

#C48765 #72C465 #65A2C4 #B765C4

split-complementary

#C48765 #65C4B7 #6572C4

monochromatic

#7E4C30 #AA6741 #C48765 #D5A991 #E6CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C48765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#C48765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48765

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48765	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 135, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.089 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8aa91',
    500: '#c48765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48765;
$custom-light: #d8aa91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.474,
    "s": 44.601,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67674,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48765

secondary

#AFC8D5

accent

#A6D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48765

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

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