#C48C4E#C48C4E

#C48C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48C4E
RGB	rgb(196, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 14.70, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 43.62, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0403 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.104 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5202, 31.0446, 11.4330)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48C4E #4E86C4

analogous

#C4514E #C48C4E #C1C44E

triadic

#C48C4E #4EC48C #8C4EC4

tetradic

#C48C4E #4EC451 #4E86C4 #C44EC1

square

#C48C4E #4EC451 #4E86C4 #C44EC1

split-complementary

#C48C4E #4EC1C4 #514EC4

monochromatic

#724E26 #A06D35 #C48C4E #D3AA7C #E3C8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C48C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48C4E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48C4E	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad81',
    500: '#c48c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48c4e;
$custom-light: #d9ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.525,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68255,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48C4E

secondary

#9EB6D0

accent

#90DA4E

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48C4E

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

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