#C48939#C48939

#C48939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.119 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48939
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 15.03, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 52.43, 73.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0382 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.119 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4514, 29.9252, 7.9371)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48939 #3974C4

analogous

#C44339 #C48939 #BAC439

triadic

#C48939 #39C489 #8939C4

tetradic

#C48939 #39C443 #3974C4 #C439BA

square

#C48939 #39C443 #3974C4 #C439BA

split-complementary

#C48939 #39BAC4 #4339C4

monochromatic

#65471D #95682B #C48939 #D3A567 #E1C197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C48939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C48939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C48939

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48939	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.119 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab73',
    500: '#c48939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48939;
$custom-light: #daab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6744,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48939

secondary

#8DA8CC

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48939

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

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