#C48E38#C48E38

#C48E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.120 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E38
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 12.23, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 53.38, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0299 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.12 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1540, 31.3699, 8.0495)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E38 #386EC4

analogous

#C44838 #C48E38 #B4C438

triadic

#C48E38 #38C48E #8E38C4

tetradic

#C48E38 #38C448 #386EC4 #C438B4

square

#C48E38 #38C448 #386EC4 #C438B4

split-complementary

#C48E38 #38B4C4 #4838C4

monochromatic

#65491D #946C2A #C48E38 #D3A966 #E1C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C48E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E38

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E38	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.120 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae73',
    500: '#c48e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e38;
$custom-light: #daae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E38

secondary

#8CA5CC

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E38

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

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