#C16B48#C16B48

#C16B48 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.120 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B48
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 31.04, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 46.33, 47.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0888 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.12 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4220, 22.3237, 8.9418)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B48 #489EC1

analogous

#C14862 #C16B48 #C1A748

triadic

#C16B48 #48C16B #6B48C1

tetradic

#C16B48 #62C148 #489EC1 #A748C1

square

#C16B48 #62C148 #489EC1 #A748C1

split-complementary

#C16B48 #48C1A7 #4862C1

monochromatic

#6B3824 #985134 #C16B48 #D09076 #E0B5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C16B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C16B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B48

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B48	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.120 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9967c',
    500: '#c16b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b48;
$custom-light: #d9967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.355,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B48

secondary

#98BECD

accent

#B1D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →