#C46F42#C46F42

#C46F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.123 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C46F42
RGB	rgb(196, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 29.73, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 49.17, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0835 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.123 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4352, 23.5011, 8.1392)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C46F42 #4297C4

analogous

#C44256 #C46F42 #C4B042

triadic

#C46F42 #42C46F #6F42C4

tetradic

#C46F42 #56C442 #4297C4 #B042C4

square

#C46F42 #56C442 #4297C4 #B042C4

split-complementary

#C46F42 #42C4B0 #4256C4

monochromatic

#6A3B21 #995430 #C46F42 #D39371 #E1B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C46F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C46F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C46F42

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C46F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C46F42	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c46f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.123 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9978',
    500: '#c46f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c46f42;
$custom-light: #db9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c46f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6282,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C46F42

secondary

#94BACE

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C46F42

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

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