#C48A40#C48A40

#C48A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A40
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 14.87, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 49.57, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0388 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.114 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7810, 30.2856, 8.9687)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A40 #407AC4

analogous

#C44840 #C48A40 #BCC440

triadic

#C48A40 #40C48A #8A40C4

tetradic

#C48A40 #40C448 #407AC4 #C440BC

square

#C48A40 #40C448 #407AC4 #C440BC

split-complementary

#C48A40 #40BCC4 #4840C4

monochromatic

#694920 #986A2F #C48A40 #D2A76F #E1C39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C48A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C48A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A40

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A40	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac78',
    500: '#c48a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a40;
$custom-light: #daac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A40

secondary

#93ACCD

accent

#8BDC4C

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A40

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

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