#C46C25#C46C25

#C46C25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.138 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C25
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 29.97, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 60.10, 60.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0797 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.138 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4641, 22.5977, 4.6127)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C25 #257DC4

analogous

#C4252E #C46C25 #C4BB25

triadic

#C46C25 #25C46C #6C25C4

tetradic

#C46C25 #2EC425 #257DC4 #BB25C4

square

#C46C25 #2EC425 #257DC4 #BB25C4

split-complementary

#C46C25 #25C4BB #252EC4

monochromatic

#5D3312 #91501B #C46C25 #DD8B49 #E6AC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C46C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C46C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C25

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C25	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	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)

#86771A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.138 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9765',
    500: '#c46c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c25;
$custom-light: #dd9765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.792,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62021,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C25

secondary

#76A7CF

accent

#9DEB3D

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C25

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

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