#C46D31#C46D31

#C46D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.132 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D31
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 49)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 29.90, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 55.76, 57.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0813 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.132 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7905, 22.8980, 5.8087)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D31 #3188C4

analogous

#C4313E #C46D31 #C4B631

triadic

#C46D31 #31C46D #6D31C4

tetradic

#C46D31 #3EC431 #3188C4 #B631C4

square

#C46D31 #3EC431 #3188C4 #B631C4

split-complementary

#C46D31 #31C4B6 #313EC4

monochromatic

#623719 #935225 #C46D31 #D68E5C #E2B08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C46D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C46D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D31

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D31	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86782A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.132 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc986c',
    500: '#c46d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d31;
$custom-light: #dc986c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.49,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D31

secondary

#84AFCD

accent

#A2E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D31

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

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