#C48B38#C48B38

#C48B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B38
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 13.88, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 53.03, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0347 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.12 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7136, 30.4892, 7.9027)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B38 #3871C4

analogous

#C44538 #C48B38 #B7C438

triadic

#C48B38 #38C48B #8B38C4

tetradic

#C48B38 #38C445 #3871C4 #C438B7

square

#C48B38 #38C445 #3871C4 #C438B7

split-complementary

#C48B38 #38B7C4 #4538C4

monochromatic

#65471D #94692A #C48B38 #D3A766 #E1C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C48B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C48B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B38

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B38	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)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac73',
    500: '#c48b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b38;
$custom-light: #daac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67815,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B38

secondary

#8CA6CC

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B38

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

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