#C48950#C48950

#C48950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48950
RGB	rgb(196, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 16.50, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 42.52, 67.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0459 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.103 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1606, 30.2089, 11.6723)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48950 #508BC4

analogous

#C45051 #C48950 #C4C350

triadic

#C48950 #50C489 #8950C4

tetradic

#C48950 #51C450 #508BC4 #C350C4

square

#C48950 #51C450 #508BC4 #C350C4

split-complementary

#C48950 #50C4C3 #5051C4

monochromatic

#734C27 #A16A36 #C48950 #D3A87E #E3C7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C48950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C48950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48950

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48950	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ab82',
    500: '#c48950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48950;
$custom-light: #d9ab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48950

secondary

#9FB8D1

accent

#95D94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48950

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

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