#C48E35#C48E35

#C48E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.122 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E35
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 12.08, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 54.59, 77.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.0291 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.122 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0828, 31.3414, 7.6746)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E35 #356BC4

analogous

#C44735 #C48E35 #B3C435

triadic

#C48E35 #35C48E #8E35C4

tetradic

#C48E35 #35C447 #356BC4 #C435B3

square

#C48E35 #35C447 #356BC4 #C435B3

split-complementary

#C48E35 #35B3C4 #4735C4

monochromatic

#64481B #946B28 #C48E35 #D4A962 #E1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C48E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E35

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E35	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)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.122 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae71',
    500: '#c48e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e35;
$custom-light: #daae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.343,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6837,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E35

secondary

#88A2CC

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E35

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

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