#C46A42#C46A42

#C46A42 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.127 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46A42
RGB	rgb(196, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 32.40, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 49.86, 49.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0916 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.127 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9048, 22.4404, 7.9624)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46A42 #429CC4

analogous

#C4425B #C46A42 #C4AB42

triadic

#C46A42 #42C46A #6A42C4

tetradic

#C46A42 #5BC442 #429CC4 #AB42C4

square

#C46A42 #5BC442 #429CC4 #AB42C4

split-complementary

#C46A42 #42C4AB #425BC4

monochromatic

#6A3821 #995030 #C46A42 #D38F71 #E1B49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C46A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C46A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46A42

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46A42	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.127 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9677',
    500: '#c46a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46a42;
$custom-light: #db9677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61981,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46A42

secondary

#94BCCE

accent

#B0DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46A42

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

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