#C46D38#C46D38

#C46D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D38
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 30.24, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 53.15, 55.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0834 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.129 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9499, 22.9618, 6.6481)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D38 #388FC4

analogous

#C43849 #C46D38 #C4B338

triadic

#C46D38 #38C46D #6D38C4

tetradic

#C46D38 #49C438 #388FC4 #B338C4

square

#C46D38 #49C438 #388FC4 #B338C4

split-complementary

#C46D38 #38C4B3 #3849C4

monochromatic

#65381D #94532A #C46D38 #D38F66 #E1B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C46D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C46D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D38

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D38	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)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9871',
    500: '#c46d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d38;
$custom-light: #dc9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62361,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D38

secondary

#8CB4CC

accent

#A6DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D38

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

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