#C16442#C16442

#C16442 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.129 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16442
RGB	rgb(193, 100, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 34.36, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 49.61, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.0979 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.129 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5352, 20.8483, 7.7273)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16442 #429FC1

analogous

#C1425F #C16442 #C1A342

triadic

#C16442 #42C164 #6442C1

tetradic

#C16442 #5FC142 #429FC1 #A342C1

square

#C16442 #5FC142 #429FC1 #A342C1

split-complementary

#C16442 #42C1A3 #425FC1

monochromatic

#673422 #954C31 #C16442 #D08A70 #DFB09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C16442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C16442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16442

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16442	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 100, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.129 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99277',
    500: '#c16442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16442;
$custom-light: #d99277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.063,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16442

secondary

#93BCCC

accent

#B5DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16442

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

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