#C46538#C46538

#C46538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.135 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46538
RGB	rgb(196, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 34.47, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 54.21, 50.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0963 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.135 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1350, 21.3320, 6.3765)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46538 #3897C4

analogous

#C43851 #C46538 #C4AB38

triadic

#C46538 #38C465 #6538C4

tetradic

#C46538 #51C438 #3897C4 #AB38C4

square

#C46538 #51C438 #3897C4 #AB38C4

split-complementary

#C46538 #38C4AB #3851C4

monochromatic

#65341D #944C2A #C46538 #D38966 #E1AE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#C46538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#C46538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46538

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46538	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.135 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9270',
    500: '#c46538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46538;
$custom-light: #dc9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61041,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46538

secondary

#8CB7CC

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46538

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

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