#C48842#C48842

#C48842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48842
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 16.09, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 48.55, 70.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0427 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.113 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5547, 29.7401, 9.1791)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48842 #427EC4

analogous

#C44742 #C48842 #BFC442

triadic

#C48842 #42C488 #8842C4

tetradic

#C48842 #42C447 #427EC4 #C442BF

square

#C48842 #42C447 #427EC4 #C442BF

split-complementary

#C48842 #42BFC4 #4742C4

monochromatic

#6A4921 #996830 #C48842 #D3A571 #E1C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C48842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48842

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48842	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa79',
    500: '#c48842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48842;
$custom-light: #daaa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67342,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48842

secondary

#94AFCE

accent

#8EDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48842

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

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