#C46038#C46038

#C46038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.139 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46038
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 37.07, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 55.04, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1042 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.139 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6642, 20.3904, 6.2195)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46038 #389CC4

analogous

#C43856 #C46038 #C4A638

triadic

#C46038 #38C460 #6038C4

tetradic

#C46038 #56C438 #389CC4 #A638C4

square

#C46038 #56C438 #389CC4 #A638C4

split-complementary

#C46038 #38C4A6 #3856C4

monochromatic

#65311D #94492A #C46038 #D38566 #E1AB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C46038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C46038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46038

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46038	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.139 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f70',
    500: '#c46038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46038;
$custom-light: #dc8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6025,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46038

secondary

#8CBACC

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46038

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

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