#C16545#C16545

#C16545 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.127 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16545
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 69)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 34.03, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 48.41, 45.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0974 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.127 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7225, 21.0776, 8.2375)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16545 #45A1C1

analogous

#C14563 #C16545 #C1A345

triadic

#C16545 #45C165 #6545C1

tetradic

#C16545 #63C145 #45A1C1 #A345C1

square

#C16545 #63C145 #45A1C1 #A345C1

split-complementary

#C16545 #45C1A3 #4563C1

monochromatic

#693523 #974C32 #C16545 #D08B73 #E0B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#C16545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#C16545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16545

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16545	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.127 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99279',
    500: '#c16545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16545;
$custom-light: #d99279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.484,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16545

secondary

#96BECC

accent

#B6DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16545

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

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