#C46C40#C46C40

#C46C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C40
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 31.21, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 50.30, 51.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0877 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.126 46)
XYZ	xyz(29.0554, 22.8342, 7.7268)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C40 #4098C4

analogous

#C44056 #C46C40 #C4AE40

triadic

#C46C40 #40C46C #6C40C4

tetradic

#C46C40 #56C440 #4098C4 #AE40C4

square

#C46C40 #56C440 #4098C4 #AE40C4

split-complementary

#C46C40 #40C4AE #4056C4

monochromatic

#693920 #98522F #C46C40 #D2906F #E1B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C46C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C46C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C40

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C40	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9776',
    500: '#c46c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c40;
$custom-light: #db9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.22831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C40

secondary

#93BACD

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C40

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

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