#C16440#C16440

#C16440 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.129 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16440
RGB	rgb(193, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 34.24, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 50.30, 47.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0972 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.129 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4773, 20.8251, 7.4221)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16440 #409DC1

analogous

#C1405C #C16440 #C1A440

triadic

#C16440 #40C164 #6440C1

tetradic

#C16440 #5CC140 #409DC1 #A440C1

square

#C16440 #5CC140 #409DC1 #A440C1

split-complementary

#C16440 #40C1A4 #405CC1

monochromatic

#663421 #944C30 #C16440 #D0896E #DFAF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C16440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C16440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16440

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16440	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.129 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99276',
    500: '#c16440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16440;
$custom-light: #d99276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.744,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60559,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16440

secondary

#92BBCB

accent

#B3DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16440

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

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