#C46237#C46237

#C46237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.138 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46237
RGB	rgb(196, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 35.98, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 55.04, 49.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1007 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.138 43)
XYZ	xyz(27.8248, 20.7503, 6.1536)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46237 #3799C4

analogous

#C43753 #C46237 #C4A937

triadic

#C46237 #37C462 #6237C4

tetradic

#C46237 #53C437 #3799C4 #A937C4

square

#C46237 #53C437 #3799C4 #A937C4

split-complementary

#C46237 #37C4A9 #3753C4

monochromatic

#64321C #944A2A #C46237 #D48665 #E1AC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C46237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C46237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46237

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46237	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)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.138 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9070',
    500: '#c46237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46237;
$custom-light: #dc9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.298,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.20747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46237

secondary

#8BB8CC

accent

#B1DF48

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46237

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

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