#C48B34#C48B34

#C48B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B34
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 13.68, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.65, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0336 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.122 74)
XYZ	xyz(32.6197, 30.4516, 7.4079)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B34 #346DC4

analogous

#C44334 #C48B34 #B5C434

triadic

#C48B34 #34C48B #8B34C4

tetradic

#C48B34 #34C443 #346DC4 #C434B5

square

#C48B34 #34C443 #346DC4 #C434B5

split-complementary

#C48B34 #34B5C4 #4334C4

monochromatic

#63461A #946927 #C48B34 #D5A760 #E2C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C48B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B34

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B34	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)

#9F8E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac71',
    500: '#c48b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b34;
$custom-light: #dbac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.30449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B34

secondary

#87A3CC

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B34

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

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