#C48C32#C48C32

#C48C32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C32
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 13.04, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 55.54, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0315 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.123 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7210, 30.7249, 7.2242)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C32 #326AC4

analogous

#C44332 #C48C32 #B3C432

triadic

#C48C32 #32C48C #8C32C4

tetradic

#C48C32 #32C443 #326AC4 #C432B3

square

#C48C32 #32C443 #326AC4 #C432B3

split-complementary

#C48C32 #32B3C4 #4332C4

monochromatic

#624619 #936926 #C48C32 #D6A85D #E2C28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C48C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C32

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C32	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)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad70',
    500: '#c48c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c32;
$custom-light: #dbad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67957,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C32

secondary

#85A1CD

accent

#82E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C32

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →