#C48A44#C48A44

#C48A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.112 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A44
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 15.11, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 47.85, 71.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0401 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.112 69)
XYZ	xyz(32.8990, 30.3327, 9.5898)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A44 #447EC4

analogous

#C44A44 #C48A44 #BEC444

triadic

#C48A44 #44C48A #8A44C4

tetradic

#C48A44 #44C44A #447EC4 #C444BE

square

#C48A44 #44C44A #447EC4 #C444BE

split-complementary

#C48A44 #44BEC4 #4A44C4

monochromatic

#6C4A22 #9A6A31 #C48A44 #D3A773 #E1C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C48A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C48A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A44

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A44	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.112 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac7a',
    500: '#c48a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a44;
$custom-light: #daac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.813,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67747,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.3033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A44

secondary

#96AFCE

accent

#8DDB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A44

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

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