#C48A34#C48A34

#C48A34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A34
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 14.23, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 54.55, 74.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0352 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.122 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4756, 30.1634, 7.3599)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A34 #346EC4

analogous

#C44234 #C48A34 #B6C434

triadic

#C48A34 #34C48A #8A34C4

tetradic

#C48A34 #34C442 #346EC4 #C434B6

square

#C48A34 #34C442 #346EC4 #C434B6

split-complementary

#C48A34 #34B6C4 #4234C4

monochromatic

#63461A #946827 #C48A34 #D5A660 #E2C191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#C48A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A34

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A34	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)

#9F8D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac71',
    500: '#c48a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a34;
$custom-light: #dbac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67587,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A34

secondary

#87A3CC

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A34

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

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