#C48A2E#C48A2E

#C48A2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.126 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A2E
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 13.96, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 56.86, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0337 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.126 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3489, 30.1127, 6.6929)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A2E #2E68C4

analogous

#C43F2E #C48A2E #B3C42E

triadic

#C48A2E #2EC48A #8A2EC4

tetradic

#C48A2E #2EC43F #2E68C4 #C42EB3

square

#C48A2E #2EC43F #2E68C4 #C42EB3

split-complementary

#C48A2E #2EB3C4 #3F2EC4

monochromatic

#614417 #926722 #C48A2E #D8A658 #E3C089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#C48A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A2E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A2E	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)

#9F8D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.126 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac6d',
    500: '#c48a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a2e;
$custom-light: #dbac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A2E

secondary

#819ECD

accent

#82E543

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A2E

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