#C48931#C48931

#C48931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48931
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 14.64, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 55.63, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.036 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.124 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2673, 29.8516, 6.9677)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48931 #316CC4

analogous

#C43F31 #C48931 #B6C431

triadic

#C48931 #31C489 #8931C4

tetradic

#C48931 #31C43F #316CC4 #C431B6

square

#C48931 #31C43F #316CC4 #C431B6

split-complementary

#C48931 #31B6C4 #3F31C4

monochromatic

#624519 #936725 #C48931 #D6A55C #E2C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#C48931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48931

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48931	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	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)

#9E8C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab6f',
    500: '#c48931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48931;
$custom-light: #dbab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.918,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6737,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48931

secondary

#84A1CD

accent

#84E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48931

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

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