#C46E35#C46E35

#C46E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.130 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E35
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 29.55, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 54.18, 56.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0809 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.13 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9860, 23.1479, 6.3090)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E35 #358BC4

analogous

#C43544 #C46E35 #C4B635

triadic

#C46E35 #35C46E #6E35C4

tetradic

#C46E35 #44C435 #358BC4 #B635C4

square

#C46E35 #44C435 #358BC4 #B635C4

split-complementary

#C46E35 #35C4B6 #3544C4

monochromatic

#64381B #945328 #C46E35 #D48F62 #E1B292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C46E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C46E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E35

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E35	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87782E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.130 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc986f',
    500: '#c46e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e35;
$custom-light: #dc986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.916,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E35

secondary

#88B1CC

accent

#A3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E35

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

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