#C48948#C48948

#C48948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.109 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48948
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 15.92, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 46.02, 69.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.043 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.109 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8824, 30.0976, 10.2072)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48948 #4883C4

analogous

#C44B48 #C48948 #C1C448

triadic

#C48948 #48C489 #8948C4

tetradic

#C48948 #48C44B #4883C4 #C448C1

square

#C48948 #48C44B #4883C4 #C448C1

split-complementary

#C48948 #48C1C4 #4B48C4

monochromatic

#6E4B23 #9C6A32 #C48948 #D3A776 #E2C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#C48948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48948

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48948	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.109 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab7d',
    500: '#c48948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48948;
$custom-light: #daab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48948

secondary

#99B3CF

accent

#90DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48948

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

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