#C16D42#C16D42

#C16D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D42
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, 29.57, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 48.21, 52.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0833 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.121 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4466, 22.6711, 8.0311)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D42 #4296C1

analogous

#C14256 #C16D42 #C1AC42

triadic

#C16D42 #42C16D #6D42C1

tetradic

#C16D42 #56C142 #4296C1 #AC42C1

square

#C16D42 #56C142 #4296C1 #AC42C1

split-complementary

#C16D42 #42C1AC #4256C1

monochromatic

#673922 #955331 #C16D42 #D09170 #DFB49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C16D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C16D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D42

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D42	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99878',
    500: '#c16d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d42;
$custom-light: #d99878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.315,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6208,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D42

secondary

#93B9CC

accent

#ABDA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D42

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

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