#C46B36#C46B36

#C46B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.131 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46B36
RGB	rgb(196, 107, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 31.20, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 54.12, 54.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.086 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.131 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6910, 22.5207, 6.3253)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46B36 #368FC4

analogous

#C43648 #C46B36 #C4B236

triadic

#C46B36 #36C46B #6B36C4

tetradic

#C46B36 #48C436 #368FC4 #B236C4

square

#C46B36 #48C436 #368FC4 #B236C4

split-complementary

#C46B36 #36C4B2 #3648C4

monochromatic

#64371C #945129 #C46B36 #D48D63 #E1B093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C46B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C46B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46B36

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46B36	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)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 107, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.131 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9670',
    500: '#c46b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46b36;
$custom-light: #dc9670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.394,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46B36

secondary

#89B3CC

accent

#A7E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46B36

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

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