#C46D39#C46D39

#C46D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D39
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 30.29, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 52.78, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0837 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.129 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9746, 22.9716, 6.7782)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D39 #3990C4

analogous

#C4394B #C46D39 #C4B339

triadic

#C46D39 #39C46D #6D39C4

tetradic

#C46D39 #4BC439 #3990C4 #B339C4

square

#C46D39 #4BC439 #3990C4 #B339C4

split-complementary

#C46D39 #39C4B3 #394BC4

monochromatic

#65381D #95532B #C46D39 #D39067 #E1B297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C46D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C46D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D39

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D39	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#867833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9872',
    500: '#c46d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d39;
$custom-light: #dc9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62372,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D39

secondary

#8DB4CC

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D39

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

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