#C48C36#C48C36

#C48C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C36
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 13.23, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 53.95, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0326 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.121 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8111, 30.7609, 7.6987)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C36 #366EC4

analogous

#C44536 #C48C36 #B5C436

triadic

#C48C36 #36C48C #8C36C4

tetradic

#C48C36 #36C445 #366EC4 #C436B5

square

#C48C36 #36C445 #366EC4 #C436B5

split-complementary

#C48C36 #36B5C4 #4536C4

monochromatic

#64471C #946A29 #C48C36 #D4A863 #E1C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C48C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C36

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C36	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)

#A08F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad72',
    500: '#c48c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c36;
$custom-light: #daad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C36

secondary

#89A4CC

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C36

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

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