#C46C26#C46C26

#C46C26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.137 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C26
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 38)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 80.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 30.00, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 59.77, 59.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.08 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.137 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4800, 22.6041, 4.6966)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C26 #267EC4

analogous

#C4262F #C46C26 #C4BB26

triadic

#C46C26 #26C46C #6C26C4

tetradic

#C46C26 #2FC426 #267EC4 #BB26C4

square

#C46C26 #2FC426 #267EC4 #BB26C4

split-complementary

#C46C26 #26C4BB #262FC4

monochromatic

#5D3412 #91501C #C46C26 #DC8B4B #E6AC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C46C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C46C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C26

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C26	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)

#86771B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.137 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9766',
    500: '#c46c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c26;
$custom-light: #dd9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.582,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62028,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C26

secondary

#77A8CE

accent

#9EEA3D

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C26

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

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