#C48936#C48936

#C48936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48936
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 14.87, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 53.65, 73.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0374 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.121 72)
XYZ	xyz(32.3787, 29.8962, 7.5546)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48936 #3671C4

analogous

#C44236 #C48936 #B8C436

triadic

#C48936 #36C489 #8936C4

tetradic

#C48936 #36C442 #3671C4 #C436B8

square

#C48936 #36C442 #3671C4 #C436B8

split-complementary

#C48936 #36B8C4 #4236C4

monochromatic

#64461C #946729 #C48936 #D4A563 #E1C193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C48936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48936

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48936	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)

#9E8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab72',
    500: '#c48936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48936;
$custom-light: #dbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.07,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.29893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48936

secondary

#89A5CC

accent

#87E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48936

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

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