#C16E41#C16E41

#C16E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.121 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E41
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 66.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 28.97, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 48.47, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0813 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.121 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5247, 22.8740, 7.9129)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E41 #4194C1

analogous

#C14154 #C16E41 #C1AE41

triadic

#C16E41 #41C16E #6E41C1

tetradic

#C16E41 #54C141 #4194C1 #AE41C1

square

#C16E41 #54C141 #4194C1 #AE41C1

split-complementary

#C16E41 #41C1AE #4154C1

monochromatic

#663A21 #945430 #C16E41 #D0916F #DFB49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C16E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C16E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E41

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E41	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)

#85783D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.121 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99877',
    500: '#c16e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e41;
$custom-light: #d99877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.094,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62238,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E41

secondary

#92B7CB

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E41

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

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