#C16240#C16240

#C16240 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.131 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16240
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 35.29, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 50.67, 45.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1004 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.131 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.2878, 20.4462, 7.3590)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16240 #409FC1

analogous

#C1405E #C16240 #C1A240

triadic

#C16240 #40C162 #6240C1

tetradic

#C16240 #5EC140 #409FC1 #A240C1

square

#C16240 #5EC140 #409FC1 #A240C1

split-complementary

#C16240 #40C1A2 #405EC1

monochromatic

#663321 #944A30 #C16240 #D0886E #DFAE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C16240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C16240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16240

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16240	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.131 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99076',
    500: '#c16240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16240;
$custom-light: #d99076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.814,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60239,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.20443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16240

secondary

#92BCCB

accent

#B5DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16240

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

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