#C16342#C16342

#C16342 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.129 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16342
RGB	rgb(193, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 34.89, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 49.80, 45.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0995 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.129 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4399, 20.6576, 7.6955)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16342 #42A0C1

analogous

#C14260 #C16342 #C1A342

triadic

#C16342 #42C163 #6342C1

tetradic

#C16342 #60C142 #42A0C1 #A342C1

square

#C16342 #60C142 #42A0C1 #A342C1

split-complementary

#C16342 #42C1A3 #4260C1

monochromatic

#673422 #954B31 #C16342 #D08970 #DFAF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C16342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C16342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16342

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16342	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3515B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.129 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99177',
    500: '#c16342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16342;
$custom-light: #d99177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.591,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60426,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16342

secondary

#93BDCC

accent

#B6DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16342

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

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