#C48D41#C48D41

#C48D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.114 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D41
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 13.28, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 49.45, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0342 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.114 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2461, 31.1698, 9.2654)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D41 #4178C4

analogous

#C44B41 #C48D41 #B9C441

triadic

#C48D41 #41C48D #8D41C4

tetradic

#C48D41 #41C44B #4178C4 #C441B9

square

#C48D41 #41C44B #4178C4 #C441B9

split-complementary

#C48D41 #41B9C4 #4B41C4

monochromatic

#6A4B21 #986C2F #C48D41 #D3A970 #E1C59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C48D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C48D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D41

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D41	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#A09039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.114 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae79',
    500: '#c48d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d41;
$custom-light: #daae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68291,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D41

secondary

#93ACCD

accent

#88DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D41

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

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