#C48E40#C48E40

#C48E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.115 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E40
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 12.67, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 50.00, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0323 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.115 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3655, 31.4545, 9.1635)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E40 #4076C4

analogous

#C44C40 #C48E40 #B8C440

triadic

#C48E40 #40C48E #8E40C4

tetradic

#C48E40 #40C44C #4076C4 #C440B8

square

#C48E40 #40C44C #4076C4 #C440B8

split-complementary

#C48E40 #40B8C4 #4C40C4

monochromatic

#694B20 #986D2F #C48E40 #D2AA6F #E1C59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C48E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C48E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E40

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E40	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.115 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf78',
    500: '#c48e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e40;
$custom-light: #daaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E40

secondary

#93ABCD

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E40

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

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