#C48874#C48874

#C48874 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.080 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48874
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 116)
HSL	hsl(15, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 41%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 40.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 20.47, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 28.60, 44.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0618 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.08 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7229, 30.6074, 20.5986)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48874 #74B0C4

analogous

#C47488 #C48874 #C4B074

triadic

#C48874 #74C488 #8874C4

tetradic

#C48874 #88C474 #74B0C4 #B074C4

square

#C48874 #88C474 #74B0C4 #B074C4

split-complementary

#C48874 #74C4B0 #7488C4

monochromatic

#854C38 #B0644B #C48874 #D6AD9F #E8D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C48874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C48874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48874

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48874	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.080 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ab9c',
    500: '#c48874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48874;
$custom-light: #d8ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 40.404,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68163,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48874

secondary

#BBD1D9

accent

#93B332

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48874

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

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