#C46342#C46342

#C46342 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.133 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46342
RGB	rgb(196, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 36.07, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 51.08, 45.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1029 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.133 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2126, 21.0561, 7.7317)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46342 #42A3C4

analogous

#C44262 #C46342 #C4A442

triadic

#C46342 #42C463 #6342C4

tetradic

#C46342 #62C442 #42A3C4 #A442C4

square

#C46342 #62C442 #42A3C4 #A442C4

split-complementary

#C46342 #42C4A4 #4262C4

monochromatic

#6A3421 #994A30 #C46342 #D38971 #E1B09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C46342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#C46342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46342

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46342	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.133 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9177',
    500: '#c46342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46342;
$custom-light: #dc9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60849,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46342

secondary

#94BFCE

accent

#B7DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46342

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

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