#C48E32#C48E32

#C48E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E32
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 11.94, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 55.78, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0283 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.124 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0159, 31.3147, 7.3225)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E32 #3268C4

analogous

#C44532 #C48E32 #B1C432

triadic

#C48E32 #32C48E #8E32C4

tetradic

#C48E32 #32C445 #3268C4 #C432B1

square

#C48E32 #32C445 #3268C4 #C432B1

split-complementary

#C48E32 #32B1C4 #4532C4

monochromatic

#624719 #936B26 #C48E32 #D6A95D #E2C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C48E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E32

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E32	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)

#A29025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae70',
    500: '#c48e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e32;
$custom-light: #dbae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E32

secondary

#85A0CD

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E32

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

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