#C16E40#C16E40

#C16E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E40
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 28.91, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 48.84, 53.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.081 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.122 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4960, 22.8625, 7.7617)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E40 #4093C1

analogous

#C14053 #C16E40 #C1AE40

triadic

#C16E40 #40C16E #6E40C1

tetradic

#C16E40 #53C140 #4093C1 #AE40C1

square

#C16E40 #53C140 #4093C1 #AE40C1

split-complementary

#C16E40 #40C1AE #4053C1

monochromatic

#663921 #945430 #C16E40 #D0916E #DFB49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C16E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C16E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E40

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E40	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)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99876',
    500: '#c16e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e40;
$custom-light: #d99876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.395,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62225,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E40

secondary

#92B7CB

accent

#A8DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E40

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

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