#C48C44#C48C44

#C48C44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.112 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C44
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 14.02, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 48.04, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0368 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.112 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1885, 30.9119, 9.6863)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C44 #447CC4

analogous

#C44C44 #C48C44 #BCC444

triadic

#C48C44 #44C48C #8C44C4

tetradic

#C48C44 #44C44C #447CC4 #C444BC

square

#C48C44 #44C44C #447CC4 #C444BC

split-complementary

#C48C44 #44BCC4 #4C44C4

monochromatic

#6C4B22 #9A6C31 #C48C44 #D3A973 #E1C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C48C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C48C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C44

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C44	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#9F8F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.112 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad7b',
    500: '#c48c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c44;
$custom-light: #daad7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68131,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C44

secondary

#96AECE

accent

#8BDB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C44

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

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