#C48D35#C48D35

#C48D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D35
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 12.63, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 54.47, 76.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0307 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.122 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9347, 31.0452, 7.6252)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D35 #356CC4

analogous

#C44635 #C48D35 #B4C435

triadic

#C48D35 #35C48D #8D35C4

tetradic

#C48D35 #35C446 #356CC4 #C435B4

square

#C48D35 #35C446 #356CC4 #C435B4

split-complementary

#C48D35 #35B4C4 #4635C4

monochromatic

#64481B #946A28 #C48D35 #D4A862 #E1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C48D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D35

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D35	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)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae71',
    500: '#c48d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d35;
$custom-light: #dbae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68176,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D35

secondary

#88A3CC

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D35

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

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