#C46B23#C46B23

#C46B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.139 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46B23
RGB	rgb(196, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 82.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 30.44, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 60.86, 59.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0809 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.139 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3287, 22.3758, 4.4169)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46B23 #237CC4

analogous

#C4232C #C46B23 #C4BB23

triadic

#C46B23 #23C46B #6B23C4

tetradic

#C46B23 #2CC423 #237CC4 #BB23C4

square

#C46B23 #2CC423 #237CC4 #BB23C4

split-complementary

#C46B23 #23C4BB #232CC4

monochromatic

#5C3210 #904F1A #C46B23 #DE8A46 #E7AB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C46B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C46B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46B23

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46B23	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)

#857617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.139 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9664',
    500: '#c46b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46b23;
$custom-light: #dd9664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.832,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46B23

secondary

#74A6CF

accent

#9DED3B

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46B23

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

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