#C48E31#C48E31

#C48E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E31
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 11.90, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 56.16, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.028 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.124 77)
XYZ	xyz(32.9946, 31.3062, 7.2101)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E31 #3167C4

analogous

#C44431 #C48E31 #B0C431

triadic

#C48E31 #31C48E #8E31C4

tetradic

#C48E31 #31C444 #3167C4 #C431B0

square

#C48E31 #31C444 #3167C4 #C431B0

split-complementary

#C48E31 #31B0C4 #4431C4

monochromatic

#624719 #936B25 #C48E31 #D6A95C #E2C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C48E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E31

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E31	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)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae6f',
    500: '#c48e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e31;
$custom-light: #dbae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68338,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.31304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E31

secondary

#849FCD

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E31

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

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