#C48A30#C48A30

#C48A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A30
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 14.05, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 56.11, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0342 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.124 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3893, 30.1289, 6.9053)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A30 #306AC4

analogous

#C44030 #C48A30 #B4C430

triadic

#C48A30 #30C48A #8A30C4

tetradic

#C48A30 #30C440 #306AC4 #C430B4

square

#C48A30 #30C440 #306AC4 #C430B4

split-complementary

#C48A30 #30B4C4 #4030C4

monochromatic

#624518 #936724 #C48A30 #D7A65A #E3C18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#C48A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A30

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A30	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac6e',
    500: '#c48a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a30;
$custom-light: #dbac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67554,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A30

secondary

#83A0CD

accent

#83E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A30

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

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