#C48840#C48840

#C48840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.115 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48840
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 15.97, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 49.40, 71.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.042 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.115 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4967, 29.7170, 8.8739)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48840 #407CC4

analogous

#C44640 #C48840 #BEC440

triadic

#C48840 #40C488 #8840C4

tetradic

#C48840 #40C446 #407CC4 #C440BE

square

#C48840 #40C446 #407CC4 #C440BE

split-complementary

#C48840 #40BEC4 #4640C4

monochromatic

#694820 #98682F #C48840 #D2A56F #E1C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#C48840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48840

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48840	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.115 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa78',
    500: '#c48840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48840;
$custom-light: #daaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48840

secondary

#93ADCD

accent

#8DDC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48840

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

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