#C48848#C48848

#C48848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48848
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 16.47, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 45.95, 68.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0447 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.109 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7409, 29.8146, 10.1601)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48848 #4884C4

analogous

#C44A48 #C48848 #C2C448

triadic

#C48848 #48C488 #8848C4

tetradic

#C48848 #48C44A #4884C4 #C448C2

square

#C48848 #48C44A #4884C4 #C448C2

split-complementary

#C48848 #48C2C4 #4A48C4

monochromatic

#6E4A23 #9C6932 #C48848 #D3A676 #E2C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C48848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48848

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48848	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa7d',
    500: '#c48848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48848;
$custom-light: #daaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67413,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48848

secondary

#99B3CF

accent

#92DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48848

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

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