#C46D36#C46D36

#C46D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.130 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D36
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 30.14, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 53.90, 56.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0828 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.13 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9020, 22.9426, 6.3956)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D36 #368DC4

analogous

#C43646 #C46D36 #C4B436

triadic

#C46D36 #36C46D #6D36C4

tetradic

#C46D36 #46C436 #368DC4 #B436C4

square

#C46D36 #46C436 #368DC4 #B436C4

split-complementary

#C46D36 #36C4B4 #3646C4

monochromatic

#64381C #945229 #C46D36 #D48F63 #E1B193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C46D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C46D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D36

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D36	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)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.130 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9870',
    500: '#c46d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d36;
$custom-light: #dc9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.239,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62339,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D36

secondary

#89B2CC

accent

#A5E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D36

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

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