#C46238#C46238

#C46238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.137 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46238
RGB	rgb(196, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 36.03, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 54.69, 48.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.101 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.137 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8490, 20.7600, 6.2811)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46238 #389AC4

analogous

#C43854 #C46238 #C4A838

triadic

#C46238 #38C462 #6238C4

tetradic

#C46238 #54C438 #389AC4 #A838C4

square

#C46238 #54C438 #389AC4 #A838C4

split-complementary

#C46238 #38C4A8 #3854C4

monochromatic

#65321D #944A2A #C46238 #D38766 #E1AC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C46238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C46238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46238

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46238	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)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.137 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9070',
    500: '#c46238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46238;
$custom-light: #dc9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46238

secondary

#8CB9CC

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46238

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

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