#C48853#C48853

#C48853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C48853
RGBrgb(196, 136, 83)
HSLhsl(28, 49%, 55%)
HSVhsv(28, 58%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.6%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.63, 17.28, 37.37)
CIE-LCHlch(61.63, 41.17, 65.18°)
OKLaboklab(67.56% 0.0486 0.0887)
OKLCHoklch(67.56% 0.101 61.3)
XYZxyz(33.1324, 29.9712, 12.2220)
Luminance0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C48853 #538FC4
analogous
#C45356 #C48853 #C4C153
triadic
#C48853 #53C488 #8853C4
tetradic
#C48853 #56C453 #538FC4 #C153C4
square
#C48853 #56C453 #538FC4 #C153C4
split-complementary
#C48853 #53C4C1 #5356C4
monochromatic
#754C28 #A26A38 #C48853 #D4A881 #E3C7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#C48853 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#C48853 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48853
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C48853#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C488531.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8D4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A99A54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D47B7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c48853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 61.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aa84',
    500: '#c48853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c48853;
$custom-light: #d9aa84;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c48853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.142,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67562,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C48853
secondary
#A2BBD1
accent
#98D84F
background
#FDFAF8
surface
#FBF4EF
border
#D4CECA
text
#15100B
muted
#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48853

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#C48853 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva