#C48831#C48831

#C48831 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48831
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, 15.19, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 55.54, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0376 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.124 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1258, 29.5686, 6.9205)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48831 #316DC4

analogous

#C43E31 #C48831 #B6C431

triadic

#C48831 #31C488 #8831C4

tetradic

#C48831 #31C43E #316DC4 #C431B6

square

#C48831 #31C43E #316DC4 #C431B6

split-complementary

#C48831 #31B6C4 #3E31C4

monochromatic

#624419 #936625 #C48831 #D6A45C #E2C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C48831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C48831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48831

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48831	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)

#9D8B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa6f',
    500: '#c48831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48831;
$custom-light: #dbaa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48831

secondary

#84A2CD

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48831

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

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