#C48A4E#C48A4E

#C48A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48A4E
RGB	rgb(196, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 15.80, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 43.46, 68.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0435 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.104 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2306, 30.4654, 11.3365)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48A4E #4E88C4

analogous

#C44F4E #C48A4E #C3C44E

triadic

#C48A4E #4EC48A #8A4EC4

tetradic

#C48A4E #4EC44F #4E88C4 #C44EC3

square

#C48A4E #4EC44F #4E88C4 #C44EC3

split-complementary

#C48A4E #4EC3C4 #4F4EC4

monochromatic

#724C26 #A06B35 #C48A4E #D3A87C #E3C7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C48A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48A4E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48A4E	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac81',
    500: '#c48a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48a4e;
$custom-light: #d9ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.508,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67872,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48A4E

secondary

#9EB6D0

accent

#93DA4E

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48A4E

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

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