#C48940#C48940

#C48940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48940
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 15.42, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 49.48, 71.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0404 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.115 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6382, 29.9999, 8.9211)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48940 #407BC4

analogous

#C44740 #C48940 #BDC440

triadic

#C48940 #40C489 #8940C4

tetradic

#C48940 #40C447 #407BC4 #C440BD

square

#C48940 #40C447 #407BC4 #C440BD

split-complementary

#C48940 #40BDC4 #4740C4

monochromatic

#694920 #98692F #C48940 #D2A66F #E1C39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C48940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#C48940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48940

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48940	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab78',
    500: '#c48940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48940;
$custom-light: #daab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67511,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48940

secondary

#93ADCD

accent

#8CDC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48940

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

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