#C46838#C46838

#C46838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.133 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46838
RGB	rgb(196, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 32.90, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 53.77, 52.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.0915 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.133 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4316, 21.9252, 6.4753)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46838 #3894C4

analogous

#C4384E #C46838 #C4AE38

triadic

#C46838 #38C468 #6838C4

tetradic

#C46838 #4EC438 #3894C4 #AE38C4

square

#C46838 #4EC438 #3894C4 #AE38C4

split-complementary

#C46838 #38C4AE #384EC4

monochromatic

#65351D #944F2A #C46838 #D38B66 #E1AF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#C46838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#C46838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46838

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46838	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.133 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9471',
    500: '#c46838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46838;
$custom-light: #dc9471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61528,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46838

secondary

#8CB6CC

accent

#ABDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46838

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

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