#C46E37#C46E37

#C46E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.129 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E37
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 29.65, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 53.43, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0815 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.129 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0330, 23.1666, 6.5563)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E37 #378DC4

analogous

#C43747 #C46E37 #C4B537

triadic

#C46E37 #37C46E #6E37C4

tetradic

#C46E37 #47C437 #378DC4 #B537C4

square

#C46E37 #47C437 #378DC4 #B537C4

split-complementary

#C46E37 #37C4B5 #3747C4

monochromatic

#64381C #94532A #C46E37 #D49065 #E1B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C46E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C46E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E37

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E37	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)

#877931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.129 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9870',
    500: '#c46e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e37;
$custom-light: #dc9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6252,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E37

secondary

#8BB3CC

accent

#A5DF48

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E37

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

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