#C48E45#C48E45

#C48E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E45
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 12.98, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 47.82, 74.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0339 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.111 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5142, 31.5140, 9.9467)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E45 #457BC4

analogous

#C44F45 #C48E45 #BBC445

triadic

#C48E45 #45C48E #8E45C4

tetradic

#C48E45 #45C44F #457BC4 #C445BB

square

#C48E45 #45C44F #457BC4 #C445BB

split-complementary

#C48E45 #45BBC4 #4F45C4

monochromatic

#6C4D22 #9B6E31 #C48E45 #D3AA73 #E1C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C48E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C48E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E45

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E45	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)

#A1913E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf7b',
    500: '#c48e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e45;
$custom-light: #daaf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.488,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E45

secondary

#97AECE

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E45

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

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