#C48B60#C48B60

#C48B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.091 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48B60
RGB	rgb(196, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 51%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 16.75, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 35.71, 62.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0487 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.091 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1107, 31.0480, 15.2604)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48B60 #6099C4

analogous

#C46067 #C48B60 #C4BD60

triadic

#C48B60 #60C48B #8B60C4

tetradic

#C48B60 #67C460 #6099C4 #BD60C4

square

#C48B60 #67C460 #6099C4 #BD60C4

split-complementary

#C48B60 #60C4BD #6067C4

monochromatic

#7C4F2E #A86C3E #C48B60 #D5AC8D #E5CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C48B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48B60

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48B60	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.091 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad8e',
    500: '#c48b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48b60;
$custom-light: #d9ad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.8,
    "s": 45.872,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48B60

secondary

#ACC3D4

accent

#9DD652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48B60

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

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