#C48C3D#C48C3D

#C48C3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C3D
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 13.60, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 51.05, 74.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0346 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.117 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9875, 30.8315, 8.6277)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C3D #3D75C4

analogous

#C4483D #C48C3D #B9C43D

triadic

#C48C3D #3DC48C #8C3DC4

tetradic

#C48C3D #3DC448 #3D75C4 #C43DB9

square

#C48C3D #3DC448 #3D75C4 #C43DB9

split-complementary

#C48C3D #3DB9C4 #483DC4

monochromatic

#67491F #966B2E #C48C3D #D2A86C #E1C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C48C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C48C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C3D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C3D	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad76',
    500: '#c48c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c3d;
$custom-light: #daad76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68056,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C3D

secondary

#90A9CD

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C3D

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

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