#C46C39#C46C39

#C46C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.129 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C39
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 30.82, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 52.89, 54.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0853 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.129 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8685, 22.7595, 6.7428)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C39 #3991C4

analogous

#C4394C #C46C39 #C4B139

triadic

#C46C39 #39C46C #6C39C4

tetradic

#C46C39 #4CC439 #3991C4 #B139C4

square

#C46C39 #4CC439 #3991C4 #B139C4

split-complementary

#C46C39 #39C4B1 #394CC4

monochromatic

#65381D #95522B #C46C39 #D38F67 #E1B297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C46C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C46C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C39

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C39	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)

#857733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.129 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9772',
    500: '#c46c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c39;
$custom-light: #dc9772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62204,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C39

secondary

#8DB5CC

accent

#A8DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C39

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

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