#C16A40#C16A40

#C16A40 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.125 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16A40
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 31.06, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 49.35, 50.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.0875 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.125 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0741, 22.0188, 7.6211)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16A40 #4097C1

analogous

#C14056 #C16A40 #C1AA40

triadic

#C16A40 #40C16A #6A40C1

tetradic

#C16A40 #56C140 #4097C1 #AA40C1

square

#C16A40 #56C140 #4097C1 #AA40C1

split-complementary

#C16A40 #40C1AA #4056C1

monochromatic

#663721 #945030 #C16A40 #D08E6E #DFB29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C16A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C16A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16A40

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16A40	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.125 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99676',
    500: '#c16a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16a40;
$custom-light: #d99676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.535,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61546,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16A40

secondary

#92B8CB

accent

#ADDA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16A40

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

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