#C46C36#C46C36

#C46C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.131 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C36
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 30.67, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 54.01, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0844 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.131 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7959, 22.7304, 6.3603)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C36 #368EC4

analogous

#C43647 #C46C36 #C4B336

triadic

#C46C36 #36C46C #6C36C4

tetradic

#C46C36 #47C436 #368EC4 #B336C4

square

#C46C36 #47C436 #368EC4 #B336C4

split-complementary

#C46C36 #36C4B3 #3647C4

monochromatic

#64371C #945229 #C46C36 #D48E63 #E1B193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C46C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C46C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C36

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C36	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.131 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9770',
    500: '#c46c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c36;
$custom-light: #dc9770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.817,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C36

secondary

#89B3CC

accent

#A6E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C36

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

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