#C46D40#C46D40

#C46D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D40
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 30.68, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 50.17, 52.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0861 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.126 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1614, 23.0464, 7.7622)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D40 #4097C4

analogous

#C44055 #C46D40 #C4AF40

triadic

#C46D40 #40C46D #6D40C4

tetradic

#C46D40 #55C440 #4097C4 #AF40C4

square

#C46D40 #55C440 #4097C4 #AF40C4

split-complementary

#C46D40 #40C4AF #4055C4

monochromatic

#693920 #98532F #C46D40 #D2916F #E1B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C46D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C46D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D40

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D40	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9876',
    500: '#c46d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d40;
$custom-light: #db9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62456,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D40

secondary

#93B9CD

accent

#ABDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D40

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

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