#C46D27#C46D27

#C46D27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.136 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D27
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 29.50, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 59.34, 60.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0786 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.136 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6024, 22.8228, 4.8180)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D27 #277EC4

analogous

#C4272F #C46D27 #C4BB27

triadic

#C46D27 #27C46D #6D27C4

tetradic

#C46D27 #2FC427 #277EC4 #BB27C4

square

#C46D27 #2FC427 #277EC4 #BB27C4

split-complementary

#C46D27 #27C4BB #272FC4

monochromatic

#5E3413 #91511D #C46D27 #DC8C4D #E6AD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C46D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C46D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D27

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D27	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#87771C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.136 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9767',
    500: '#c46d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d27;
$custom-light: #dd9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.752,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D27

secondary

#79A8CE

accent

#9DEA3E

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D27

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

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