#C46E36#C46E36

#C46E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.129 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E36
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 29.60, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 53.80, 56.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0812 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.129 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0092, 23.1572, 6.4314)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E36 #368CC4

analogous

#C43645 #C46E36 #C4B536

triadic

#C46E36 #36C46E #6E36C4

tetradic

#C46E36 #45C436 #368CC4 #B536C4

square

#C46E36 #45C436 #368CC4 #B536C4

split-complementary

#C46E36 #36C4B5 #3645C4

monochromatic

#64381C #945329 #C46E36 #D49063 #E1B293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C46E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C46E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E36

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E36	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)

#877830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.129 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9870',
    500: '#c46e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e36;
$custom-light: #dc9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62509,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E36

secondary

#89B2CC

accent

#A4E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E36

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

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