#C16D4B#C16D4B

#C16D4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D4B
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 75)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 61.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 30.18, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 44.96, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0866 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.117 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7332, 22.7857, 9.5401)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D4B #4B9FC1

analogous

#C14B64 #C16D4B #C1A84B

triadic

#C16D4B #4BC16D #6D4BC1

tetradic

#C16D4B #64C14B #4B9FC1 #A84BC1

square

#C16D4B #64C14B #4B9FC1 #A84BC1

split-complementary

#C16D4B #4BC1A8 #4B64C1

monochromatic

#6C3A25 #9A5235 #C16D4B #D19279 #E0B7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C16D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D4B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D4B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8987e',
    500: '#c16d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d4b;
$custom-light: #d8987e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6221,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D4B

secondary

#9ABFCE

accent

#B1D84F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D4B

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

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