#C46C35#C46C35

#C46C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.131 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C35
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 30.62, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 54.38, 55.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0841 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.131 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7726, 22.7211, 6.2379)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C35 #358DC4

analogous

#C43546 #C46C35 #C4B435

triadic

#C46C35 #35C46C #6C35C4

tetradic

#C46C35 #46C435 #358DC4 #B435C4

square

#C46C35 #46C435 #358DC4 #B435C4

split-complementary

#C46C35 #35C4B4 #3546C4

monochromatic

#64371B #945128 #C46C35 #D48E62 #E1B192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C46C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C46C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C35

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C35	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85772F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.131 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc976f',
    500: '#c46c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c35;
$custom-light: #dc976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6216,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C35

secondary

#88B2CC

accent

#A6E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C35

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

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