#C48C38#C48C38

#C48C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C38
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 13.33, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 53.14, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0331 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.12 74)
XYZ	xyz(32.8591, 30.7801, 7.9512)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C38 #3870C4

analogous

#C44638 #C48C38 #B6C438

triadic

#C48C38 #38C48C #8C38C4

tetradic

#C48C38 #38C446 #3870C4 #C438B6

square

#C48C38 #38C446 #3870C4 #C438B6

split-complementary

#C48C38 #38B6C4 #4638C4

monochromatic

#65481D #946A2A #C48C38 #D3A866 #E1C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C48C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C48C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C38

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C38	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad73',
    500: '#c48c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c38;
$custom-light: #daad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68008,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.30777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C38

secondary

#8CA5CC

accent

#85DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C38

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

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