#C48A3E#C48A3E

#C48A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A3E
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 14.75, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 50.43, 72.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0381 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.116 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7251, 30.2632, 8.6743)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A3E #3E78C4

analogous

#C4473E #C48A3E #BBC43E

triadic

#C48A3E #3EC48A #8A3EC4

tetradic

#C48A3E #3EC447 #3E78C4 #C43EBB

square

#C48A3E #3EC447 #3E78C4 #C43EBB

split-complementary

#C48A3E #3EBBC4 #473EC4

monochromatic

#684920 #97692E #C48A3E #D2A66D #E1C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C48A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#C48A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A3E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A3E	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac77',
    500: '#c48a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a3e;
$custom-light: #daac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A3E

secondary

#91ABCD

accent

#8ADD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A3E

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

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