#C16A42#C16A42

#C16A42 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.124 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16A42
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 31.18, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 48.62, 50.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.0882 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.124 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1320, 22.0419, 7.9262)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16A42 #4299C1

analogous

#C14259 #C16A42 #C1AA42

triadic

#C16A42 #42C16A #6A42C1

tetradic

#C16A42 #59C142 #4299C1 #AA42C1

square

#C16A42 #59C142 #4299C1 #AA42C1

split-complementary

#C16A42 #42C1AA #4259C1

monochromatic

#673822 #955031 #C16A42 #D08E70 #DFB39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#C16A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#C16A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16A42

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16A42	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.124 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99677',
    500: '#c16a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16a42;
$custom-light: #d99677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.898,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16A42

secondary

#93BACC

accent

#AEDA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16A42

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

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