#C48B37#C48B37

#C48B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B37
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 13.83, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 53.44, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0344 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.12 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6894, 30.4795, 7.7752)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B37 #3770C4

analogous

#C44537 #C48B37 #B7C437

triadic

#C48B37 #37C48B #8B37C4

tetradic

#C48B37 #37C445 #3770C4 #C437B7

square

#C48B37 #37C445 #3770C4 #C437B7

split-complementary

#C48B37 #37B7C4 #4537C4

monochromatic

#64471C #94692A #C48B37 #D4A765 #E1C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C48B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B37

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B37	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac72',
    500: '#c48b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b37;
$custom-light: #daac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B37

secondary

#8BA5CC

accent

#85DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B37

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

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