#C48E4E#C48E4E

#C48E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E4E
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 13.60, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 43.82, 71.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.037 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.104 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8151, 31.6344, 11.5313)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E4E #4E84C4

analogous

#C4534E #C48E4E #BFC44E

triadic

#C48E4E #4EC48E #8E4EC4

tetradic

#C48E4E #4EC453 #4E84C4 #C44EBF

square

#C48E4E #4EC453 #4E84C4 #C44EBF

split-complementary

#C48E4E #4EBFC4 #534EC4

monochromatic

#724F26 #A06F35 #C48E4E #D3AB7C #E3C9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C48E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C48E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E4E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E4E	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af81',
    500: '#c48e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e4e;
$custom-light: #d9af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.542,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E4E

secondary

#9EB5D0

accent

#8EDA4E

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E4E

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

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