#C46B38#C46B38

#C46B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.131 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46B38
RGB	rgb(196, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 31.30, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 53.38, 54.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0866 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.131 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7390, 22.5399, 6.5778)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46B38 #3891C4

analogous

#C4384B #C46B38 #C4B138

triadic

#C46B38 #38C46B #6B38C4

tetradic

#C46B38 #4BC438 #3891C4 #B138C4

square

#C46B38 #4BC438 #3891C4 #B138C4

split-complementary

#C46B38 #38C4B1 #384BC4

monochromatic

#65371D #94512A #C46B38 #D38E66 #E1B196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C46B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C46B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46B38

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46B38	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.131 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9671',
    500: '#c46b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46b38;
$custom-light: #dc9671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46B38

secondary

#8CB5CC

accent

#A8DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46B38

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

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