#C48D36#C48D36

#C48D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D36
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 12.68, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 54.07, 76.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.031 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.121 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9579, 31.0545, 7.7476)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D36 #366DC4

analogous

#C44636 #C48D36 #B4C436

triadic

#C48D36 #36C48D #8D36C4

tetradic

#C48D36 #36C446 #366DC4 #C436B4

square

#C48D36 #36C446 #366DC4 #C436B4

split-complementary

#C48D36 #36B4C4 #4636C4

monochromatic

#64481C #946A29 #C48D36 #D4A863 #E1C393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C48D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D36

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D36	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)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae72',
    500: '#c48d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d36;
$custom-light: #daae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.761,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D36

secondary

#89A3CC

accent

#83E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D36

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

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