#C48A35#C48A35

#C48A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A35
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 14.27, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 54.15, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0355 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.122 73)
XYZ	xyz(32.4983, 30.1725, 7.4798)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A35 #356FC4

analogous

#C44235 #C48A35 #B7C435

triadic

#C48A35 #35C48A #8A35C4

tetradic

#C48A35 #35C442 #356FC4 #C435B7

square

#C48A35 #35C442 #356FC4 #C435B7

split-complementary

#C48A35 #35B7C4 #4235C4

monochromatic

#64461B #946828 #C48A35 #D4A662 #E1C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C48A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#C48A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A35

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A35	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)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac71',
    500: '#c48a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a35;
$custom-light: #dbac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.664,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67596,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.3017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A35

secondary

#88A4CC

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A35

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

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