#C48C42#C48C42

#C48C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C42
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 13.89, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 48.91, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0362 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.113 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1285, 30.8879, 9.3704)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C42 #427AC4

analogous

#C44B42 #C48C42 #BBC442

triadic

#C48C42 #42C48C #8C42C4

tetradic

#C48C42 #42C44B #427AC4 #C442BB

square

#C48C42 #42C44B #427AC4 #C442BB

split-complementary

#C48C42 #42BBC4 #4B42C4

monochromatic

#6A4B21 #996C30 #C48C42 #D3A871 #E1C59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C48C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C48C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C42

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C42	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad79',
    500: '#c48c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c42;
$custom-light: #daad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C42

secondary

#94ADCE

accent

#8ADC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C42

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

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