#C46E27#C46E27

#C46E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.136 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E27
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 28.97, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 59.25, 60.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.077 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.136 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7097, 23.0373, 4.8538)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E27 #277DC4

analogous

#C4272E #C46E27 #C4BC27

triadic

#C46E27 #27C46E #6E27C4

tetradic

#C46E27 #2EC427 #277DC4 #BC27C4

square

#C46E27 #2EC427 #277DC4 #BC27C4

split-complementary

#C46E27 #27C4BC #272EC4

monochromatic

#5E3513 #91511D #C46E27 #DC8D4D #E6AE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C46E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C46E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E27

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E27	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#87781C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.136 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9867',
    500: '#c46e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e27;
$custom-light: #dc9867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.134,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62375,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E27

secondary

#79A7CE

accent

#9CEA3E

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E27

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

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