#C48C31#C48C31

#C48C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.124 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C31
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 12.99, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 55.93, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0312 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.124 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6997, 30.7164, 7.1118)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C31 #3169C4

analogous

#C44331 #C48C31 #B2C431

triadic

#C48C31 #31C48C #8C31C4

tetradic

#C48C31 #31C443 #3169C4 #C431B2

square

#C48C31 #31C443 #3169C4 #C431B2

split-complementary

#C48C31 #31B2C4 #4331C4

monochromatic

#624619 #936925 #C48C31 #D6A85C #E2C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C48C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C31

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C31	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)

#A08E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.124 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad6f',
    500: '#c48c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c31;
$custom-light: #dbad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67949,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C31

secondary

#84A0CD

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C31

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

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