#C46E42#C46E42

#C46E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.124 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46E42
RGB	rgb(196, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 30.26, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 49.30, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0851 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.124 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3266, 23.2841, 8.1031)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46E42 #4298C4

analogous

#C44257 #C46E42 #C4AF42

triadic

#C46E42 #42C46E #6E42C4

tetradic

#C46E42 #57C442 #4298C4 #AF42C4

square

#C46E42 #57C442 #4298C4 #AF42C4

split-complementary

#C46E42 #42C4AF #4257C4

monochromatic

#6A3A21 #995330 #C46E42 #D39271 #E1B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C46E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C46E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46E42

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46E42	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.124 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9878',
    500: '#c46e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46e42;
$custom-light: #db9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46E42

secondary

#94BACE

accent

#ABDC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46E42

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

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