Information about #C48B5F color

#C48B5F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #C48B5F is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(196, 139, 95) — 76.9% red, 54.5% green, 37.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 22 / 40 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated warm orange, #C48B5F feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Warm Wood (#CE8D5D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are White Tea (#C48E69) and Twine (#C19156).

The recipe behind #C48B5F is rgb(196, 139, 95), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #C48B5F background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. No one has named #C48B5F so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#C48B5F color variations

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#C48B5F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C48B5F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Warm Wood color link
Warm Wood

#CE8D5D

White Tea color link
White Tea

#C48E69

Twine color link
Twine

#C19156

Alamo color link
Alamo

#BA8C66

Deer color link
Deer

#BA8759

Earth Brown color link
Earth Brown

#BC815F

Whiskey color link
Whiskey

#D29062

#C48B5F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C48B5F
  • RGB196, 139, 95
  • CMYK0, 22, 40, 23
  • CSSrgb(196, 139, 95)
  • HSL26°, 46%, 57%
  • HSL Precise26.139°, 46.119%, 57.059%
  • HSV26°, 52%, 77%
  • HSB26°, 52%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • GLSLvec3(0.769, 0.545, 0.373)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.769, 0.545, 0.373, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.769, 0.545, 0.373)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Orange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC48B5F
  • DECIMAL ID12880735
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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