#C48D3D#C48D3D

#C48D3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D3D
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 13.05, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 51.17, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.033 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.117 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1343, 31.1251, 8.6766)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D3D #3D74C4

analogous

#C44A3D #C48D3D #B7C43D

triadic

#C48D3D #3DC48D #8D3DC4

tetradic

#C48D3D #3DC44A #3D74C4 #C43DB7

square

#C48D3D #3DC44A #3D74C4 #C43DB7

split-complementary

#C48D3D #3DB7C4 #4A3DC4

monochromatic

#674A1F #966C2E #C48D3D #D2A96C #E1C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C48D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D3D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D3D	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)

#A19034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae76',
    500: '#c48d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d3d;
$custom-light: #daae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6825,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D3D

secondary

#90A9CD

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D3D

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

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