#C48C3E#C48C3E

#C48C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C3E
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 13.65, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 50.63, 74.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0349 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.116 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0147, 30.8424, 8.7709)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C3E #3E76C4

analogous

#C4493E #C48C3E #B9C43E

triadic

#C48C3E #3EC48C #8C3EC4

tetradic

#C48C3E #3EC449 #3E76C4 #C43EB9

square

#C48C3E #3EC449 #3E76C4 #C43EB9

split-complementary

#C48C3E #3EB9C4 #493EC4

monochromatic

#684A20 #976B2E #C48C3E #D2A86D #E1C49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C48C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C48C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C3E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C3E	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)

#A08F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad77',
    500: '#c48c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c3e;
$custom-light: #daad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68066,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C3E

secondary

#91AACD

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C3E

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

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