#C48949#C48949

#C48949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.108 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48949
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 15.99, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 45.58, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0434 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.108 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9153, 30.1108, 10.3804)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48949 #4984C4

analogous

#C44C49 #C48949 #C1C449

triadic

#C48949 #49C489 #8949C4

tetradic

#C48949 #49C44C #4984C4 #C449C1

square

#C48949 #49C44C #4984C4 #C449C1

split-complementary

#C48949 #49C1C4 #4C49C4

monochromatic

#6F4B24 #9D6A33 #C48949 #D3A777 #E2C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#C48949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48949

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48949	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)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.108 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab7e',
    500: '#c48949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48949;
$custom-light: #daab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.22,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67616,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48949

secondary

#9AB3CF

accent

#91DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48949

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →