#C48B32#C48B32

#C48B32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B32
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 13.59, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 55.43, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0331 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.123 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5756, 30.4340, 7.1757)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B32 #326BC4

analogous

#C44232 #C48B32 #B4C432

triadic

#C48B32 #32C48B #8B32C4

tetradic

#C48B32 #32C442 #326BC4 #C432B4

square

#C48B32 #32C442 #326BC4 #C432B4

split-complementary

#C48B32 #32B4C4 #4232C4

monochromatic

#624619 #936826 #C48B32 #D6A75D #E2C18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C48B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B32

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B32	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)

#A08E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac6f',
    500: '#c48b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b32;
$custom-light: #dbac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67763,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B32

secondary

#85A1CD

accent

#83E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B32

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

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