#C48E34#C48E34

#C48E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.123 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E34
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 12.03, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 54.99, 77.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0288 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.123 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0600, 31.3323, 7.5547)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E34 #346AC4

analogous

#C44634 #C48E34 #B2C434

triadic

#C48E34 #34C48E #8E34C4

tetradic

#C48E34 #34C446 #346AC4 #C434B2

square

#C48E34 #34C446 #346AC4 #C434B2

split-complementary

#C48E34 #34B2C4 #4634C4

monochromatic

#63481A #946B27 #C48E34 #D5A960 #E2C391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C48E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E34

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E34	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.123 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae71',
    500: '#c48e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e34;
$custom-light: #dbae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68362,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E34

secondary

#87A1CC

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E34

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

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