#C46E39#C46E39

#C46E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E39
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 29.75, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 52.67, 55.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0821 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.128 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0819, 23.1862, 6.8140)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E39 #398FC4

analogous

#C43949 #C46E39 #C4B439

triadic

#C46E39 #39C46E #6E39C4

tetradic

#C46E39 #49C439 #398FC4 #B439C4

square

#C46E39 #49C439 #398FC4 #B439C4

split-complementary

#C46E39 #39C4B4 #3949C4

monochromatic

#65391D #95532B #C46E39 #D39067 #E1B397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C46E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C46E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E39

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E39	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9872',
    500: '#c46e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e39;
$custom-light: #dc9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.878,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62541,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E39

secondary

#8DB4CC

accent

#A6DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E39

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

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