#C48E44#C48E44

#C48E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E44
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 12.92, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 48.26, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.0336 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.112 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4834, 31.5017, 9.7846)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E44 #447AC4

analogous

#C44E44 #C48E44 #BAC444

triadic

#C48E44 #44C48E #8E44C4

tetradic

#C48E44 #44C44E #447AC4 #C444BA

square

#C48E44 #44C44E #447AC4 #C444BA

split-complementary

#C48E44 #44BAC4 #4E44C4

monochromatic

#6C4D22 #9A6E31 #C48E44 #D3AA73 #E1C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C48E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C48E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E44

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E44	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1913C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf7b',
    500: '#c48e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e44;
$custom-light: #daaf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.688,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68518,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E44

secondary

#96AECE

accent

#89DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E44

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

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