#C46A38#C46A38

#C46A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.131 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46A38
RGB	rgb(196, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 31.84, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 53.51, 53.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0882 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.131 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6353, 22.3326, 6.5432)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46A38 #3892C4

analogous

#C4384C #C46A38 #C4B038

triadic

#C46A38 #38C46A #6A38C4

tetradic

#C46A38 #4CC438 #3892C4 #B038C4

square

#C46A38 #4CC438 #3892C4 #B038C4

split-complementary

#C46A38 #38C4B0 #384CC4

monochromatic

#65371D #94502A #C46A38 #D38D66 #E1B096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C46A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C46A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46A38

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46A38	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.131 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9671',
    500: '#c46a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46a38;
$custom-light: #dc9671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46A38

secondary

#8CB5CC

accent

#A9DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46A38

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

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