#C48A48#C48A48

#C48A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A48
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 15.38, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 46.10, 70.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0414 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.109 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0252, 30.3832, 10.2548)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A48 #4882C4

analogous

#C44C48 #C48A48 #C0C448

triadic

#C48A48 #48C48A #8A48C4

tetradic

#C48A48 #48C44C #4882C4 #C448C0

square

#C48A48 #48C44C #4882C4 #C448C0

split-complementary

#C48A48 #48C0C4 #4C48C4

monochromatic

#6E4B23 #9C6B32 #C48A48 #D3A876 #E2C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C48A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C48A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A48

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A48	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac7d',
    500: '#c48a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a48;
$custom-light: #daac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.935,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67795,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A48

secondary

#99B2CF

accent

#8FDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A48

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

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