#C48845#C48845

#C48845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48845
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 69)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 16.28, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 47.25, 69.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0436 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.111 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6454, 29.7765, 9.6572)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48845 #4581C4

analogous

#C44945 #C48845 #C0C445

triadic

#C48845 #45C488 #8845C4

tetradic

#C48845 #45C449 #4581C4 #C445C0

square

#C48845 #45C449 #4581C4 #C445C0

split-complementary

#C48845 #45C0C4 #4945C4

monochromatic

#6C4922 #9B6931 #C48845 #D3A673 #E1C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C48845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48845

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48845	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)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa7b',
    500: '#c48845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48845;
$custom-light: #daaa7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.654,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67377,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48845

secondary

#97B1CE

accent

#90DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48845

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

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