#C48E33#C48E33

#C48E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.123 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E33
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 11.99, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 55.38, 77.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0286 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.123 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0378, 31.3234, 7.4373)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E33 #3369C4

analogous

#C44533 #C48E33 #B1C433

triadic

#C48E33 #33C48E #8E33C4

tetradic

#C48E33 #33C445 #3369C4 #C433B1

square

#C48E33 #33C445 #3369C4 #C433B1

split-complementary

#C48E33 #33B1C4 #4533C4

monochromatic

#63481A #936B26 #C48E33 #D5A95F #E2C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C48E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E33

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E33	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)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.123 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae70',
    500: '#c48e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e33;
$custom-light: #dbae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68354,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E33

secondary

#86A0CD

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E33

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

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