#C48C34#C48C34

#C48C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C34
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 13.13, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 54.75, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.032 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.122 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7651, 30.7425, 7.4564)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C34 #346CC4

analogous

#C44434 #C48C34 #B4C434

triadic

#C48C34 #34C48C #8C34C4

tetradic

#C48C34 #34C444 #346CC4 #C434B4

square

#C48C34 #34C444 #346CC4 #C434B4

split-complementary

#C48C34 #34B4C4 #4434C4

monochromatic

#63471A #946927 #C48C34 #D5A860 #E2C291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C48C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C34

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C34	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad71',
    500: '#c48c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c34;
$custom-light: #dbad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67973,
    "c": 0.12227,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C34

secondary

#87A2CC

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C34

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

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