#C16B49#C16B49

#C16B49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.120 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B49
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 31.11, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 45.98, 47.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0891 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.12 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4549, 22.3369, 9.1150)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B49 #499FC1

analogous

#C14963 #C16B49 #C1A749

triadic

#C16B49 #49C16B #6B49C1

tetradic

#C16B49 #63C149 #499FC1 #A749C1

square

#C16B49 #63C149 #499FC1 #A749C1

split-complementary

#C16B49 #49C1A7 #4963C1

monochromatic

#6B3824 #995134 #C16B49 #D19077 #E0B5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C16B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C16B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B49

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B49	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.120 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9967c',
    500: '#c16b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b49;
$custom-light: #d9967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B49

secondary

#99BECD

accent

#B2D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B49

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

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