#C46D28#C46D28

#C46D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.136 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D28
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 40)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 29.54, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 58.99, 59.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0789 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.136 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6192, 22.8295, 4.9065)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D28 #287FC4

analogous

#C42831 #C46D28 #C4BB28

triadic

#C46D28 #28C46D #6D28C4

tetradic

#C46D28 #31C428 #287FC4 #BB28C4

square

#C46D28 #31C428 #287FC4 #BB28C4

split-complementary

#C46D28 #28C4BB #2831C4

monochromatic

#5E3413 #91511E #C46D28 #DB8C4E #E5AD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C46D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C46D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D28

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D28	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)

#87771E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.136 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9767',
    500: '#c46d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d28;
$custom-light: #dc9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62212,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D28

secondary

#7AA9CE

accent

#9EE93F

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D28

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

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