#C48E39#C48E39

#C48E39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E39
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 12.28, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 52.96, 76.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0302 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.119 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1787, 31.3798, 8.1796)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E39 #396FC4

analogous

#C44939 #C48E39 #B5C439

triadic

#C48E39 #39C48E #8E39C4

tetradic

#C48E39 #39C449 #396FC4 #C439B5

square

#C48E39 #39C449 #396FC4 #C439B5

split-complementary

#C48E39 #39B5C4 #4939C4

monochromatic

#65491D #956C2B #C48E39 #D3A967 #E1C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#C48E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E39

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E39	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae74',
    500: '#c48e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e39;
$custom-light: #daae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E39

secondary

#8DA5CC

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E39

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

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