#C48D3E#C48D3E

#C48D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D3E
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 13.11, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 50.74, 75.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0333 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.116 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1615, 31.1359, 8.8198)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D3E #3E75C4

analogous

#C44A3E #C48D3E #B8C43E

triadic

#C48D3E #3EC48D #8D3EC4

tetradic

#C48D3E #3EC44A #3E75C4 #C43EB8

square

#C48D3E #3EC44A #3E75C4 #C43EB8

split-complementary

#C48D3E #3EB8C4 #4A3EC4

monochromatic

#684A20 #976C2E #C48D3E #D2A96D #E1C49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C48D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C48D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D3E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D3E	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae77',
    500: '#c48d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d3e;
$custom-light: #daae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6826,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D3E

secondary

#91AACD

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D3E

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

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