#C48B31#C48B31

#C48B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B31
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 13.54, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 55.82, 75.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0328 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.124 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5543, 30.4255, 7.0633)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B31 #316AC4

analogous

#C44231 #C48B31 #B3C431

triadic

#C48B31 #31C48B #8B31C4

tetradic

#C48B31 #31C442 #316AC4 #C431B3

square

#C48B31 #31C442 #316AC4 #C431B3

split-complementary

#C48B31 #31B3C4 #4231C4

monochromatic

#624619 #936825 #C48B31 #D6A75C #E2C18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C48B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B31

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B31	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A08E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac6f',
    500: '#c48b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b31;
$custom-light: #dbac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67755,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B31

secondary

#84A0CD

accent

#82E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B31

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

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