#C46B40#C46B40

#C46B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46B40
RGB	rgb(196, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 31.75, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 50.43, 50.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.0893 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.127 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9505, 22.6245, 7.6919)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46B40 #4099C4

analogous

#C44057 #C46B40 #C4AD40

triadic

#C46B40 #40C46B #6B40C4

tetradic

#C46B40 #57C440 #4099C4 #AD40C4

square

#C46B40 #57C440 #4099C4 #AD40C4

split-complementary

#C46B40 #40C4AD #4057C4

monochromatic

#693820 #98512F #C46B40 #D28F6F #E1B39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C46B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C46B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46B40

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46B40	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9676',
    500: '#c46b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46b40;
$custom-light: #db9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62121,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46B40

secondary

#93BACD

accent

#ADDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46B40

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

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