#C46A46#C46A46

#C46A46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.125 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46A46
RGB	rgb(196, 106, 70)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 32.65, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 48.45, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0931 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.125 42)
XYZ	xyz(29.0269, 22.4892, 8.6054)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46A46 #46A0C4

analogous

#C44661 #C46A46 #C4A946

triadic

#C46A46 #46C46A #6A46C4

tetradic

#C46A46 #61C446 #46A0C4 #A946C4

square

#C46A46 #61C446 #46A0C4 #A946C4

split-complementary

#C46A46 #46C4A9 #4661C4

monochromatic

#6D3823 #9B5032 #C46A46 #D38F74 #E2B5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C46A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C46A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46A46

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46A46	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 106, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.125 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db967a',
    500: '#c46a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46a46;
$custom-light: #db967a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.22486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46A46

secondary

#97BFCE

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46A46

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

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