#C46E25#C46E25

#C46E25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.137 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E25
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 37)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 28.90, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 59.93, 61.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0765 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.137 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6774, 23.0244, 4.6839)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E25 #257BC4

analogous

#C4252C #C46E25 #C4BD25

triadic

#C46E25 #25C46E #6E25C4

tetradic

#C46E25 #2CC425 #257BC4 #BD25C4

square

#C46E25 #2CC425 #257BC4 #BD25C4

split-complementary

#C46E25 #25C4BD #252CC4

monochromatic

#5D3412 #91511B #C46E25 #DD8D49 #E6AD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C46E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C46E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E25

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E25	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)

#887819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.137 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9866',
    500: '#c46e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e25;
$custom-light: #dd9866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.547,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62361,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E25

secondary

#76A6CF

accent

#9BEB3D

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E25

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

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