#C48E37#C48E37

#C48E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E37
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 12.18, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 53.78, 76.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0296 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.121 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1298, 31.3602, 7.9219)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E37 #376DC4

analogous

#C44837 #C48E37 #B4C437

triadic

#C48E37 #37C48E #8E37C4

tetradic

#C48E37 #37C448 #376DC4 #C437B4

square

#C48E37 #37C448 #376DC4 #C437B4

split-complementary

#C48E37 #37B4C4 #4837C4

monochromatic

#64491C #946B2A #C48E37 #D4A965 #E1C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C48E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E37

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E37	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)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae73',
    500: '#c48e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e37;
$custom-light: #daae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68388,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E37

secondary

#8BA4CC

accent

#82DF48

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E37

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

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