#C48E4A#C48E4A

#C48E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.107 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E4A
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 13.32, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 45.61, 73.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0356 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.107 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6760, 31.5787, 10.7989)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E4A #4A80C4

analogous

#C4514A #C48E4A #BDC44A

triadic

#C48E4A #4AC48E #8E4AC4

tetradic

#C48E4A #4AC451 #4A80C4 #C44ABD

square

#C48E4A #4AC451 #4A80C4 #C44ABD

split-complementary

#C48E4A #4ABDC4 #514AC4

monochromatic

#6F4E24 #9D6E33 #C48E4A #D3AB78 #E2C8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C48E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#C48E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E4A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E4A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.107 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7f',
    500: '#c48e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e4a;
$custom-light: #d9af7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.443,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68589,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E4A

secondary

#9BB2CF

accent

#8CDA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E4A

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

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