#C48935#C48935

#C48935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48935
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 14.82, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 54.05, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0371 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.122 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3555, 29.8869, 7.4321)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48935 #3570C4

analogous

#C44235 #C48935 #B8C435

triadic

#C48935 #35C489 #8935C4

tetradic

#C48935 #35C442 #3570C4 #C435B8

square

#C48935 #35C442 #3570C4 #C435B8

split-complementary

#C48935 #35B8C4 #4235C4

monochromatic

#64461B #946728 #C48935 #D4A562 #E1C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C48935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48935

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48935	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab71',
    500: '#c48935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48935;
$custom-light: #dbab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.245,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67404,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48935

secondary

#88A4CC

accent

#86E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48935

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

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