#C46240#C46240

#C46240 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.134 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46240
RGB	rgb(196, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 36.47, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 51.94, 45.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1038 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.134 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0605, 20.8446, 7.3952)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46240 #40A2C4

analogous

#C44060 #C46240 #C4A440

triadic

#C46240 #40C462 #6240C4

tetradic

#C46240 #60C440 #40A2C4 #A440C4

square

#C46240 #60C440 #40A2C4 #A440C4

split-complementary

#C46240 #40C4A4 #4060C4

monochromatic

#693320 #984A2F #C46240 #D2886F #E1AF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C46240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C46240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46240

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46240	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.134 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9076',
    500: '#c46240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46240;
$custom-light: #dc9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46240

secondary

#93BECD

accent

#B7DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46240

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

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