#C16C49#C16C49

#C16C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16C49
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 73)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 30.57, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 45.82, 48.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0875 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.119 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5597, 22.5466, 9.1499)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16C49 #499EC1

analogous

#C14962 #C16C49 #C1A849

triadic

#C16C49 #49C16C #6C49C1

tetradic

#C16C49 #62C149 #499EC1 #A849C1

square

#C16C49 #62C149 #499EC1 #A849C1

split-complementary

#C16C49 #49C1A8 #4962C1

monochromatic

#6B3924 #995134 #C16C49 #D19177 #E0B6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C16C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C16C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16C49

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16C49	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9977c',
    500: '#c16c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16c49;
$custom-light: #d9977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6201,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16C49

secondary

#99BECD

accent

#B1D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16C49

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

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