#C48938#C48938

#C48938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48938
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 14.97, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 52.84, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.038 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.12 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4267, 29.9153, 7.8070)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48938 #3873C4

analogous

#C44338 #C48938 #B9C438

triadic

#C48938 #38C489 #8938C4

tetradic

#C48938 #38C443 #3873C4 #C438B9

square

#C48938 #38C443 #3873C4 #C438B9

split-complementary

#C48938 #38B9C4 #4338C4

monochromatic

#65461D #94682A #C48938 #D3A566 #E1C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C48938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48938

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48938	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab73',
    500: '#c48938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48938;
$custom-light: #dbab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67431,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48938

secondary

#8CA7CC

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48938

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

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