#C48C3F#C48C3F

#C48C3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C3F
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 63)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 13.71, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 50.20, 74.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0352 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.115 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0424, 30.8535, 8.9167)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C3F #3F77C4

analogous

#C4493F #C48C3F #B9C43F

triadic

#C48C3F #3FC48C #8C3FC4

tetradic

#C48C3F #3FC449 #3F77C4 #C43FB9

square

#C48C3F #3FC449 #3F77C4 #C43FB9

split-complementary

#C48C3F #3FB9C4 #493FC4

monochromatic

#684A20 #976B2E #C48C3F #D2A86E #E1C49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C48C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C48C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C3F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C3F	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)

#A08F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad77',
    500: '#c48c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c3f;
$custom-light: #daad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68077,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C3F

secondary

#92ABCD

accent

#88DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C3F

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

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