#C16D4E#C16D4E

#C16D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D4E
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 59.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 30.40, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 43.93, 46.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0878 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.116 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8383, 22.8278, 10.0937)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D4E #4EA2C1

analogous

#C14E68 #C16D4E #C1A64E

triadic

#C16D4E #4EC16D #6D4EC1

tetradic

#C16D4E #68C14E #4EA2C1 #A64EC1

square

#C16D4E #68C14E #4EA2C1 #A64EC1

split-complementary

#C16D4E #4EC1A6 #4E68C1

monochromatic

#6E3A27 #9B5236 #C16D4E #D1927B #E1B8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C16D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C16D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D4E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D4E	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83784B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89880',
    500: '#c16d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d4e;
$custom-light: #d89880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.174,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D4E

secondary

#9DC1CE

accent

#B3D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D4E

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

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