#C48B59#C48B59

#C48B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.096 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B59
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 16.13, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 38.70, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.046 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.096 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8026, 30.9248, 13.6380)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B59 #5992C4

analogous

#C4595C #C48B59 #C4C059

triadic

#C48B59 #59C48B #8B59C4

tetradic

#C48B59 #5CC459 #5992C4 #C059C4

square

#C48B59 #5CC459 #5992C4 #C059C4

split-complementary

#C48B59 #59C4C0 #595CC4

monochromatic

#784F2B #A56C3B #C48B59 #D4AB86 #E4CAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C48B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C48B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B59

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B59	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.096 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad89',
    500: '#c48b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b59;
$custom-light: #d9ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.037,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B59

secondary

#A6BED3

accent

#98D751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B59

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

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