#C48849#C48849

#C48849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48849
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 16.54, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 45.52, 68.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.045 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.108 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7738, 29.8278, 10.3333)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48849 #4985C4

analogous

#C44B49 #C48849 #C2C449

triadic

#C48849 #49C488 #8849C4

tetradic

#C48849 #49C44B #4985C4 #C449C2

square

#C48849 #49C44B #4985C4 #C449C2

split-complementary

#C48849 #49C2C4 #4B49C4

monochromatic

#6F4A24 #9D6933 #C48849 #D3A677 #E2C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C48849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#C48849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48849

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48849	1.00	3.02	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa7e',
    500: '#c48849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48849;
$custom-light: #daaa7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.732,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67426,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48849

secondary

#9AB4CF

accent

#92DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48849

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

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