#C48C30#C48C30

#C48C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.125 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C30
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 48)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 12.95, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 56.31, 76.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.031 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.125 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6788, 30.7080, 7.0019)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C30 #3068C4

analogous

#C44230 #C48C30 #B2C430

triadic

#C48C30 #30C48C #8C30C4

tetradic

#C48C30 #30C442 #3068C4 #C430B2

square

#C48C30 #30C442 #3068C4 #C430B2

split-complementary

#C48C30 #30B2C4 #4230C4

monochromatic

#624618 #936924 #C48C30 #D7A85A #E3C28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C48C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C30

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C30	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.125 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad6e',
    500: '#c48c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c30;
$custom-light: #dbad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67941,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C30

secondary

#839FCD

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C30

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

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