#C48837#C48837

#C48837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48837
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 15.47, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 53.16, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0393 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.12 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2610, 29.6227, 7.6324)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48837 #3773C4

analogous

#C44237 #C48837 #BAC437

triadic

#C48837 #37C488 #8837C4

tetradic

#C48837 #37C442 #3773C4 #C437BA

square

#C48837 #37C442 #3773C4 #C437BA

split-complementary

#C48837 #37BAC4 #4237C4

monochromatic

#64461C #94672A #C48837 #D4A465 #E1C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C48837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#C48837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48837

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48837	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa72',
    500: '#c48837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48837;
$custom-light: #dbaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6723,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48837

secondary

#8BA7CC

accent

#89DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48837

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

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