#C48A36#C48A36

#C48A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.121 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A36
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 14.32, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 53.75, 74.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0358 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.121 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5216, 30.1818, 7.6022)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A36 #3670C4

analogous

#C44336 #C48A36 #B7C436

triadic

#C48A36 #36C48A #8A36C4

tetradic

#C48A36 #36C443 #3670C4 #C436B7

square

#C48A36 #36C443 #3670C4 #C436B7

split-complementary

#C48A36 #36B7C4 #4336C4

monochromatic

#64461C #946829 #C48A36 #D4A663 #E1C193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C48A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C48A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A36

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A36	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.121 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac72',
    500: '#c48a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a36;
$custom-light: #dbac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.493,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A36

secondary

#89A5CC

accent

#86E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A36

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

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