#C48A46#C48A46

#C48A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A46
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 15.24, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 46.97, 71.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0407 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.11 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9610, 30.3576, 9.9168)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A46 #4680C4

analogous

#C44B46 #C48A46 #BFC446

triadic

#C48A46 #46C48A #8A46C4

tetradic

#C48A46 #46C44B #4680C4 #C446BF

square

#C48A46 #46C44B #4680C4 #C446BF

split-complementary

#C48A46 #46BFC4 #4B46C4

monochromatic

#6D4B23 #9B6B32 #C48A46 #D3A774 #E2C5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C48A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C48A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A46

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A46	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)

#9D8E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac7c',
    500: '#c48a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a46;
$custom-light: #daac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.381,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6777,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A46

secondary

#97B1CE

accent

#8EDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A46

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

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