#C16D48#C16D48

#C16D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.119 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D48
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 29.97, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 46.02, 49.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0855 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.119 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6329, 22.7456, 9.0121)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D48 #489CC1

analogous

#C14860 #C16D48 #C1AA48

triadic

#C16D48 #48C16D #6D48C1

tetradic

#C16D48 #60C148 #489CC1 #AA48C1

square

#C16D48 #60C148 #489CC1 #AA48C1

split-complementary

#C16D48 #48C1AA #4860C1

monochromatic

#6B3A24 #985234 #C16D48 #D09176 #E0B6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C16D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D48

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D48	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.119 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9987c',
    500: '#c16d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d48;
$custom-light: #d9987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D48

secondary

#98BDCD

accent

#AFD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D48

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

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