#C46D25#C46D25

#C46D25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.137 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D25
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 37)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 29.44, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 60.02, 60.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0781 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.137 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5702, 22.8099, 4.6481)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D25 #257CC4

analogous

#C4252C #C46D25 #C4BC25

triadic

#C46D25 #25C46D #6D25C4

tetradic

#C46D25 #2CC425 #257CC4 #BC25C4

square

#C46D25 #2CC425 #257CC4 #BC25C4

split-complementary

#C46D25 #25C4BC #252CC4

monochromatic

#5D3412 #91501B #C46D25 #DD8C49 #E6AD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C46D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C46D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D25

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D25	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)

#877719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.137 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9765',
    500: '#c46d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d25;
$custom-light: #dd9765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.17,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D25

secondary

#76A7CF

accent

#9CEB3D

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D25

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

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