#C48D33#C48D33

#C48D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D33
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 12.54, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 55.26, 76.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0301 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.123 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8896, 31.0272, 7.3880)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D33 #336AC4

analogous

#C44433 #C48D33 #B2C433

triadic

#C48D33 #33C48D #8D33C4

tetradic

#C48D33 #33C444 #336AC4 #C433B2

square

#C48D33 #33C444 #336AC4 #C433B2

split-complementary

#C48D33 #33B2C4 #4433C4

monochromatic

#63471A #936A26 #C48D33 #D5A85F #E2C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C48D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D33

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D33	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)

#A18F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae70',
    500: '#c48d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d33;
$custom-light: #dbae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68159,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D33

secondary

#86A1CD

accent

#81E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D33

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

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