#C48B4E#C48B4E

#C48B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B4E
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 15.25, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 43.54, 69.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0419 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.104 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3747, 30.7537, 11.3845)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B4E #4E87C4

analogous

#C4504E #C48B4E #C2C44E

triadic

#C48B4E #4EC48B #8B4EC4

tetradic

#C48B4E #4EC450 #4E87C4 #C44EC2

square

#C48B4E #4EC450 #4E87C4 #C44EC2

split-complementary

#C48B4E #4EC2C4 #504EC4

monochromatic

#724D26 #A06C35 #C48B4E #D3A97C #E3C7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C48B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B4E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B4E	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad81',
    500: '#c48b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b4e;
$custom-light: #d9ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.017,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68063,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B4E

secondary

#9EB6D0

accent

#92DA4E

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B4E

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