#C48D44#C48D44

#C48D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.112 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D44
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 13.47, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 48.15, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0352 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.112 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3353, 31.2055, 9.7353)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D44 #447BC4

analogous

#C44D44 #C48D44 #BBC444

triadic

#C48D44 #44C48D #8D44C4

tetradic

#C48D44 #44C44D #447BC4 #C444BB

square

#C48D44 #44C44D #447BC4 #C444BB

split-complementary

#C48D44 #44BBC4 #4D44C4

monochromatic

#6C4C22 #9A6D31 #C48D44 #D3A973 #E1C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C48D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C48D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D44

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D44	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.112 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae7b',
    500: '#c48d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d44;
$custom-light: #daae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.219,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68324,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D44

secondary

#96AECE

accent

#8ADB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D44

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

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