#C46A23#C46A23

#C46A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.139 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46A23
RGB	rgb(196, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(26, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 82.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 30.97, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 60.96, 59.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.0825 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.139 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2250, 22.1685, 4.3824)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46A23 #237DC4

analogous

#C4232C #C46A23 #C4BB23

triadic

#C46A23 #23C46A #6A23C4

tetradic

#C46A23 #2CC423 #237DC4 #BB23C4

square

#C46A23 #2CC423 #237DC4 #BB23C4

split-complementary

#C46A23 #23C4BB #232CC4

monochromatic

#5C3210 #904E1A #C46A23 #DE8946 #E7AA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C46A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#C46A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46A23

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46A23	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.139 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9564',
    500: '#c46a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46a23;
$custom-light: #dd9564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.46,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61671,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46A23

secondary

#74A7CF

accent

#9EED3B

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46A23

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

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