#C46C3E#C46C3E

#C46C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.127 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C3E
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 62)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 31.10, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 51.03, 52.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.087 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.127 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9995, 22.8119, 7.4324)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C3E #3E96C4

analogous

#C43E53 #C46C3E #C4AF3E

triadic

#C46C3E #3EC46C #6C3EC4

tetradic

#C46C3E #53C43E #3E96C4 #AF3EC4

square

#C46C3E #53C43E #3E96C4 #AF3EC4

split-complementary

#C46C3E #3EC4AF #3E53C4

monochromatic

#683820 #97522E #C46C3E #D2906D #E1B39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C46C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C46C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C3E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C3E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.127 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9775',
    500: '#c46c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c3e;
$custom-light: #db9775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62263,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C3E

secondary

#91B8CD

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C3E

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

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