#C48843#C48843

#C48843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.113 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48843
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 67)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 16.15, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 48.12, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.043 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.113 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5844, 29.7520, 9.3357)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48843 #437FC4

analogous

#C44843 #C48843 #C0C443

triadic

#C48843 #43C488 #8843C4

tetradic

#C48843 #43C448 #437FC4 #C443C0

square

#C48843 #43C448 #437FC4 #C443C0

split-complementary

#C48843 #43C0C4 #4843C4

monochromatic

#6B4922 #9A6930 #C48843 #D3A572 #E1C3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C48843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48843

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48843	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)

#9C8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.113 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa7a',
    500: '#c48843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48843;
$custom-light: #daaa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.093,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48843

secondary

#95AFCE

accent

#8FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48843

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

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