#C16E42#C16E42

#C16E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E42
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 29.03, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 48.09, 52.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0817 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.121 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5539, 22.8857, 8.0668)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E42 #4295C1

analogous

#C14255 #C16E42 #C1AD42

triadic

#C16E42 #42C16E #6E42C1

tetradic

#C16E42 #55C142 #4295C1 #AD42C1

square

#C16E42 #55C142 #4295C1 #AD42C1

split-complementary

#C16E42 #42C1AD #4255C1

monochromatic

#673A22 #955431 #C16E42 #D09170 #DFB59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C16E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C16E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E42

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E42	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99878',
    500: '#c16e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e42;
$custom-light: #d99878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.787,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E42

secondary

#93B8CC

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E42

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

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