#C48838#C48838

#C48838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48838
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 15.52, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 52.75, 72.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0396 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.12 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2852, 29.6324, 7.7599)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48838 #3874C4

analogous

#C44238 #C48838 #BAC438

triadic

#C48838 #38C488 #8838C4

tetradic

#C48838 #38C442 #3874C4 #C438BA

square

#C48838 #38C442 #3874C4 #C438BA

split-complementary

#C48838 #38BAC4 #4238C4

monochromatic

#65461D #94672A #C48838 #D3A466 #E1C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C48838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C48838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48838

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48838	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa73',
    500: '#c48838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48838;
$custom-light: #dbaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67239,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48838

secondary

#8CA7CC

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48838

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

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