#C46C49#C46C49

#C46C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46C49
RGB	rgb(196, 108, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 31.79, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 47.08, 47.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0909 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.122 42)
XYZ	xyz(29.3324, 22.9451, 9.1861)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46C49 #49A1C4

analogous

#C44964 #C46C49 #C4A949

triadic

#C46C49 #49C46C #6C49C4

tetradic

#C46C49 #64C449 #49A1C4 #A949C4

square

#C46C49 #64C449 #49A1C4 #A949C4

split-complementary

#C46C49 #49C4A9 #4964C4

monochromatic

#6F3924 #9D5133 #C46C49 #D39177 #E2B7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C46C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C46C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46C49

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46C49	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 108, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db977c',
    500: '#c46c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46c49;
$custom-light: #db977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.073,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62413,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46C49

secondary

#9AC0CF

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2EE

border

#D5CCC9

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46C49

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

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