#C46C28#C46C28

#C46C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.137 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C28
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 40)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 30.07, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 59.08, 59.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0804 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.137 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5131, 22.6173, 4.8711)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C28 #2880C4

analogous

#C42832 #C46C28 #C4BA28

triadic

#C46C28 #28C46C #6C28C4

tetradic

#C46C28 #32C428 #2880C4 #BA28C4

square

#C46C28 #32C428 #2880C4 #BA28C4

split-complementary

#C46C28 #28C4BA #2832C4

monochromatic

#5E3413 #91501E #C46C28 #DB8C4E #E5AD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C46C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C46C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C28

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C28	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)

#86771E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.137 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9767',
    500: '#c46c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c28;
$custom-light: #dd9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C28

secondary

#7AA9CE

accent

#9FE93F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C28

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

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