#C48D32#C48D32

#C48D32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D32
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 12.49, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 55.66, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0299 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.124 76)
XYZ	xyz(32.8678, 31.0185, 7.2731)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D32 #3269C4

analogous

#C44432 #C48D32 #B2C432

triadic

#C48D32 #32C48D #8D32C4

tetradic

#C48D32 #32C444 #3269C4 #C432B2

square

#C48D32 #32C444 #3269C4 #C432B2

split-complementary

#C48D32 #32B2C4 #4432C4

monochromatic

#624719 #936A26 #C48D32 #D6A85D #E2C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C48D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C48D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D32

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D32	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)

#A18F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae70',
    500: '#c48d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d32;
$custom-light: #dbae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68151,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.31016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D32

secondary

#85A0CD

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D32

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

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