#C48A45#C48A45

#C48A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A45
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 15.18, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 47.41, 71.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0404 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.111 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9297, 30.3451, 9.7519)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A45 #457FC4

analogous

#C44A45 #C48A45 #BFC445

triadic

#C48A45 #45C48A #8A45C4

tetradic

#C48A45 #45C44A #457FC4 #C445BF

square

#C48A45 #45C44A #457FC4 #C445BF

split-complementary

#C48A45 #45BFC4 #4A45C4

monochromatic

#6C4B22 #9B6A31 #C48A45 #D3A773 #E1C4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C48A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C48A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A45

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A45	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)

#9D8E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac7b',
    500: '#c48a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a45;
$custom-light: #daac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.598,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A45

secondary

#97B0CE

accent

#8EDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A45

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

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