#C16D49#C16D49

#C16D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D49
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 30.04, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 45.66, 48.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0859 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.118 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6658, 22.7588, 9.1853)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D49 #499DC1

analogous

#C14961 #C16D49 #C1A949

triadic

#C16D49 #49C16D #6D49C1

tetradic

#C16D49 #61C149 #499DC1 #A949C1

square

#C16D49 #61C149 #499DC1 #A949C1

split-complementary

#C16D49 #49C1A9 #4961C1

monochromatic

#6B3A24 #995234 #C16D49 #D19277 #E0B6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C16D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D49

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D49	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)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8987c',
    500: '#c16d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d49;
$custom-light: #d8987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62179,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D49

secondary

#99BDCD

accent

#AFD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D49

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

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