#C16D43#C16D43

#C16D43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D43
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 67)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 65.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 29.64, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 47.84, 51.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0837 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.121 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4764, 22.6830, 8.1877)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D43 #4397C1

analogous

#C14358 #C16D43 #C1AC43

triadic

#C16D43 #43C16D #6D43C1

tetradic

#C16D43 #58C143 #4397C1 #AC43C1

square

#C16D43 #58C143 #4397C1 #AC43C1

split-complementary

#C16D43 #43C1AC #4358C1

monochromatic

#673922 #955331 #C16D43 #D09171 #DFB49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C16D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C16D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D43

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D43	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99878',
    500: '#c16d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d43;
$custom-light: #d99878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62094,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D43

secondary

#94B9CC

accent

#ABDA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D43

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

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