#C48C37#C48C37

#C48C37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C37
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 13.28, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 53.55, 75.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0328 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.12 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8349, 30.7704, 7.8236)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C37 #376FC4

analogous

#C44637 #C48C37 #B6C437

triadic

#C48C37 #37C48C #8C37C4

tetradic

#C48C37 #37C446 #376FC4 #C437B6

square

#C48C37 #37C446 #376FC4 #C437B6

split-complementary

#C48C37 #37B6C4 #4637C4

monochromatic

#64481C #946A2A #C48C37 #D4A865 #E1C394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C48C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C37

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C37	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)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad72',
    500: '#c48c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c37;
$custom-light: #daad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67999,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C37

secondary

#8BA5CC

accent

#84DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C37

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

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