#C46236#C46236

#C46236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.138 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46236
RGB	rgb(196, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 35.93, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 55.40, 49.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1004 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.138 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8011, 20.7408, 6.0287)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46236 #3698C4

analogous

#C43651 #C46236 #C4A936

triadic

#C46236 #36C462 #6236C4

tetradic

#C46236 #51C436 #3698C4 #A936C4

square

#C46236 #51C436 #3698C4 #A936C4

split-complementary

#C46236 #36C4A9 #3651C4

monochromatic

#64321C #944A29 #C46236 #D48663 #E1AB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C46236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C46236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46236

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46236	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.138 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc906f',
    500: '#c46236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46236;
$custom-light: #dc906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.592,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6054,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46236

secondary

#89B8CC

accent

#B1E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46236

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

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