#C48D39#C48D39

#C48D39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D39
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 12.83, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 52.84, 75.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0318 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.119 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0306, 31.0836, 8.1302)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D39 #3970C4

analogous

#C44739 #C48D39 #B6C439

triadic

#C48D39 #39C48D #8D39C4

tetradic

#C48D39 #39C447 #3970C4 #C439B6

square

#C48D39 #39C447 #3970C4 #C439B6

split-complementary

#C48D39 #39B6C4 #4739C4

monochromatic

#65491D #956B2B #C48D39 #D3A867 #E1C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C48D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D39

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D39	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae74',
    500: '#c48d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d39;
$custom-light: #daae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D39

secondary

#8DA6CC

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D39

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

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