#C48A32#C48A32

#C48A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A32
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 14.13, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 55.33, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0347 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.123 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4315, 30.1457, 7.1276)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A32 #326CC4

analogous

#C44132 #C48A32 #B5C432

triadic

#C48A32 #32C48A #8A32C4

tetradic

#C48A32 #32C441 #326CC4 #C432B5

square

#C48A32 #32C441 #326CC4 #C432B5

split-complementary

#C48A32 #32B5C4 #4132C4

monochromatic

#624519 #936826 #C48A32 #D6A65D #E2C18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#C48A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A32

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A32	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)

#9F8D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac6f',
    500: '#c48a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a32;
$custom-light: #dbac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6757,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A32

secondary

#85A2CD

accent

#84E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A32

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

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