#C48A49#C48A49

#C48A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A49
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 15.44, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 45.66, 70.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0418 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.108 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0581, 30.3964, 10.4280)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A49 #4983C4

analogous

#C44C49 #C48A49 #C1C449

triadic

#C48A49 #49C48A #8A49C4

tetradic

#C48A49 #49C44C #4983C4 #C449C1

square

#C48A49 #49C44C #4983C4 #C449C1

split-complementary

#C48A49 #49C1C4 #4C49C4

monochromatic

#6F4B24 #9D6B33 #C48A49 #D3A877 #E2C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C48A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C48A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A49

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A49	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)

#9D8E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac7e',
    500: '#c48a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a49;
$custom-light: #daac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.707,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67807,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A49

secondary

#9AB3CF

accent

#90DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A49

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

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