#C48B36#C48B36

#C48B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.121 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B36
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 13.78, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 53.85, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0342 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.121 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6657, 30.4700, 7.6502)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B36 #366FC4

analogous

#C44436 #C48B36 #B6C436

triadic

#C48B36 #36C48B #8B36C4

tetradic

#C48B36 #36C444 #366FC4 #C436B6

square

#C48B36 #36C444 #366FC4 #C436B6

split-complementary

#C48B36 #36B6C4 #4436C4

monochromatic

#64471C #946929 #C48B36 #D4A763 #E1C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C48B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B36

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B36	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)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.121 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbac72',
    500: '#c48b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b36;
$custom-light: #dbac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.915,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67797,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B36

secondary

#89A4CC

accent

#85E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B36

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

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