#C46E3E#C46E3E

#C46E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.126 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E3E
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 62)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 30.03, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 50.79, 53.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0838 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.126 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2128, 23.2386, 7.5036)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E3E #3E94C4

analogous

#C43E51 #C46E3E #C4B13E

triadic

#C46E3E #3EC46E #6E3EC4

tetradic

#C46E3E #51C43E #3E94C4 #B13EC4

square

#C46E3E #51C43E #3E94C4 #B13EC4

split-complementary

#C46E3E #3EC4B1 #3E51C4

monochromatic

#683A20 #97542E #C46E3E #D2916D #E1B49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C46E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C46E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E3E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E3E	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.126 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9875',
    500: '#c46e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e3e;
$custom-light: #db9875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.626,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E3E

secondary

#91B7CD

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E3E

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

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