#C46C42#C46C42

#C46C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C42
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 31.33, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 49.57, 50.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0884 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.125 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1133, 22.8574, 8.0319)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C42 #429AC4

analogous

#C44259 #C46C42 #C4AD42

triadic

#C46C42 #42C46C #6C42C4

tetradic

#C46C42 #59C442 #429AC4 #AD42C4

square

#C46C42 #59C442 #429AC4 #AD42C4

split-complementary

#C46C42 #42C4AD #4259C4

monochromatic

#6A3921 #995230 #C46C42 #D39071 #E1B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C46C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C46C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C42

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C42	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)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9778',
    500: '#c46c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c42;
$custom-light: #db9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C42

secondary

#94BBCE

accent

#ADDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C42

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

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