#C48D49#C48D49

#C48D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48D49
RGB	rgb(196, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 13.80, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 45.94, 72.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0369 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.108 70)
XYZ	xyz(33.4945, 31.2691, 10.5735)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48D49 #4980C4

analogous

#C45049 #C48D49 #BDC449

triadic

#C48D49 #49C48D #8D49C4

tetradic

#C48D49 #49C450 #4980C4 #C449BD

square

#C48D49 #49C450 #4980C4 #C449BD

split-complementary

#C48D49 #49BDC4 #5049C4

monochromatic

#6F4D24 #9D6E33 #C48D49 #D3AA77 #E2C7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C48D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C48D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48D49

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48D49	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae7e',
    500: '#c48d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48d49;
$custom-light: #daae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.31267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48D49

secondary

#9AB2CF

accent

#8CDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48D49

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

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