#C46440#C46440

#C46440 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.133 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46440
RGB	rgb(196, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 35.43, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 51.57, 46.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1006 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.133 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2500, 21.2236, 7.4584)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46440 #40A0C4

analogous

#C4405E #C46440 #C4A640

triadic

#C46440 #40C464 #6440C4

tetradic

#C46440 #5EC440 #40A0C4 #A640C4

square

#C46440 #5EC440 #40A0C4 #A640C4

split-complementary

#C46440 #40C4A6 #405EC4

monochromatic

#693420 #984C2F #C46440 #D28A6F #E1B09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C46440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C46440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46440

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46440	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6515C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.133 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9276',
    500: '#c46440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46440;
$custom-light: #dc9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6098,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46440

secondary

#93BDCD

accent

#B5DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46440

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

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