#C48E30#C48E30

#C48E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E30
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, 11.85, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 56.55, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0278 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.125 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9737, 31.2978, 7.1002)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E30 #3066C4

analogous

#C44430 #C48E30 #B0C430

triadic

#C48E30 #30C48E #8E30C4

tetradic

#C48E30 #30C444 #3066C4 #C430B0

square

#C48E30 #30C444 #3066C4 #C430B0

split-complementary

#C48E30 #30B0C4 #4430C4

monochromatic

#624718 #936A24 #C48E30 #D7A95A #E3C38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C48E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E30

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E30	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae6f',
    500: '#c48e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e30;
$custom-light: #dbae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6833,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E30

secondary

#839ECD

accent

#7EE444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E30

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

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