#C48D3C#C48D3C

#C48D3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D3C
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 12.99, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 51.59, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0327 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.117 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1076, 31.1144, 8.5361)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D3C #3C73C4

analogous

#C4493C #C48D3C #B7C43C

triadic

#C48D3C #3CC48D #8D3CC4

tetradic

#C48D3C #3CC449 #3C73C4 #C43CB7

square

#C48D3C #3CC449 #3C73C4 #C43CB7

split-complementary

#C48D3C #3CB7C4 #493CC4

monochromatic

#674A1F #966B2D #C48D3C #D2A86B #E0C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C48D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D3C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D3C	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)

#A19033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae76',
    500: '#c48d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d3c;
$custom-light: #daae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6824,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D3C

secondary

#90A8CC

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D3C

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

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