#C46140#C46140

#C46140 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.135 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46140
RGB	rgb(196, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 36.99, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 52.14, 44.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1053 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.135 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9676, 20.6586, 7.3642)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46140 #40A3C4

analogous

#C44061 #C46140 #C4A340

triadic

#C46140 #40C461 #6140C4

tetradic

#C46140 #61C440 #40A3C4 #A340C4

square

#C46140 #61C440 #40A3C4 #A340C4

split-complementary

#C46140 #40C4A3 #4061C4

monochromatic

#693320 #98492F #C46140 #D2886F #E1AE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C46140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C46140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46140

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46140	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.135 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9076',
    500: '#c46140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46140;
$custom-light: #dc9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60508,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46140

secondary

#93BFCD

accent

#B8DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46140

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

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