#C48835#C48835

#C48835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48835
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 15.37, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 53.97, 73.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0387 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.122 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2140, 29.6039, 7.3850)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48835 #3571C4

analogous

#C44035 #C48835 #B9C435

triadic

#C48835 #35C488 #8835C4

tetradic

#C48835 #35C440 #3571C4 #C435B9

square

#C48835 #35C440 #3571C4 #C435B9

split-complementary

#C48835 #35B9C4 #4035C4

monochromatic

#64451B #946728 #C48835 #D4A462 #E1C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C48835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#C48835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48835

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48835	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa71',
    500: '#c48835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48835;
$custom-light: #dbaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.825,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67212,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48835

secondary

#88A5CC

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48835

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

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