#C46D3B#C46D3B

#C46D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.128 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D3B
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 59)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 30.39, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 52.03, 54.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0844 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.128 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0255, 22.9920, 7.0462)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D3B #3B92C4

analogous

#C43B4E #C46D3B #C4B13B

triadic

#C46D3B #3BC46D #6D3BC4

tetradic

#C46D3B #4EC43B #3B92C4 #B13BC4

square

#C46D3B #4EC43B #3B92C4 #B13BC4

split-complementary

#C46D3B #3BC4B1 #3B4EC4

monochromatic

#66391F #95532D #C46D3B #D2906A #E0B399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C46D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C46D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D3B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D3B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.128 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9873',
    500: '#c46d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d3b;
$custom-light: #dc9873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.898,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62395,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D3B

secondary

#8FB6CC

accent

#A8DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D3B

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

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