#C46C38#C46C38

#C46C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.130 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C38
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 30.77, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 53.27, 54.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.085 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.13 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8438, 22.7496, 6.6127)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C38 #3890C4

analogous

#C4384A #C46C38 #C4B238

triadic

#C46C38 #38C46C #6C38C4

tetradic

#C46C38 #4AC438 #3890C4 #B238C4

square

#C46C38 #4AC438 #3890C4 #B238C4

split-complementary

#C46C38 #38C4B2 #384AC4

monochromatic

#65381D #94522A #C46C38 #D38F66 #E1B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C46C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C46C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C38

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C38	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.130 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9771',
    500: '#c46c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c38;
$custom-light: #dc9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C38

secondary

#8CB4CC

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C38

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

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