#C4983E#C4983E

#C4983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4983E
RGB	rgb(196, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 7.10, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 52.46, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0157 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.118 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8647, 34.5424, 9.3875)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4983E #3E6AC4

analogous

#C4553E #C4983E #ADC43E

triadic

#C4983E #3EC498 #983EC4

tetradic

#C4983E #3EC455 #3E6AC4 #C43EAD

square

#C4983E #3EC455 #3E6AC4 #C43EAD

split-complementary

#C4983E #3EADC4 #553EC4

monochromatic

#685020 #97742E #C4983E #D2B16D #E1CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C4983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#C4983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4983E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4983E	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab678',
    500: '#c4983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4983e;
$custom-light: #dab678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4983E

secondary

#91A5CD

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4983E

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

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