#C48D31#C48D31

#C48D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D31
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 12.44, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 56.04, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0296 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.124 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8465, 31.0099, 7.1607)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D31 #3168C4

analogous

#C44331 #C48D31 #B1C431

triadic

#C48D31 #31C48D #8D31C4

tetradic

#C48D31 #31C443 #3168C4 #C431B1

square

#C48D31 #31C443 #3168C4 #C431B1

split-complementary

#C48D31 #31B1C4 #4331C4

monochromatic

#624719 #936A25 #C48D31 #D6A85C #E2C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C48D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C48D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D31

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D31	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae6f',
    500: '#c48d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d31;
$custom-light: #dbae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68143,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D31

secondary

#849FCD

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D31

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

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