#C46D42#C46D42

#C46D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46D42
RGB	rgb(196, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 30.80, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 49.43, 51.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0868 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.125 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2194, 23.0695, 8.0673)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46D42 #4299C4

analogous

#C44258 #C46D42 #C4AE42

triadic

#C46D42 #42C46D #6D42C4

tetradic

#C46D42 #58C442 #4299C4 #AE42C4

square

#C46D42 #58C442 #4299C4 #AE42C4

split-complementary

#C46D42 #42C4AE #4258C4

monochromatic

#6A3921 #995330 #C46D42 #D39171 #E1B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C46D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C46D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46D42

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46D42	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)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9878',
    500: '#c46d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46d42;
$custom-light: #db9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62482,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46D42

secondary

#94BBCE

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46D42

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

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