#C46036#C46036

#C46036 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.140 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46036
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 36.97, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 55.73, 48.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1035 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.14 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6163, 20.3712, 5.9671)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46036 #369AC4

analogous

#C43653 #C46036 #C4A736

triadic

#C46036 #36C460 #6036C4

tetradic

#C46036 #53C436 #369AC4 #A736C4

square

#C46036 #53C436 #369AC4 #A736C4

split-complementary

#C46036 #36C4A7 #3653C4

monochromatic

#64311C #944829 #C46036 #D48563 #E1AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C46036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C46036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46036

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46036	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.140 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f6f',
    500: '#c46036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46036;
$custom-light: #dc8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60227,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46036

secondary

#89B9CC

accent

#B3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46036

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

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