#C46E40#C46E40

#C46E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.125 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E40
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 30.14, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 50.04, 52.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0845 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.125 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2687, 23.2609, 7.7979)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E40 #4096C4

analogous

#C44054 #C46E40 #C4B040

triadic

#C46E40 #40C46E #6E40C4

tetradic

#C46E40 #54C440 #4096C4 #B040C4

square

#C46E40 #54C440 #4096C4 #B040C4

split-complementary

#C46E40 #40C4B0 #4054C4

monochromatic

#693A20 #98532F #C46E40 #D2916F #E1B59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C46E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C46E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E40

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E40	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)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.125 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9876',
    500: '#c46e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e40;
$custom-light: #db9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62625,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E40

secondary

#93B9CD

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E40

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

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