#C48937#C48937

#C48937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48937
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 14.92, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 53.25, 73.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0377 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.12 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4025, 29.9057, 7.6795)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48937 #3772C4

analogous

#C44337 #C48937 #B8C437

triadic

#C48937 #37C489 #8937C4

tetradic

#C48937 #37C443 #3772C4 #C437B8

square

#C48937 #37C443 #3772C4 #C437B8

split-complementary

#C48937 #37B8C4 #4337C4

monochromatic

#64461C #94682A #C48937 #D4A565 #E1C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C48937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48937

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48937	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)

#9E8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab72',
    500: '#c48937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48937;
$custom-light: #dbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67421,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48937

secondary

#8BA6CC

accent

#88DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48937

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

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