#C16E43#C16E43

#C16E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E43
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 67)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 65.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 29.10, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 47.72, 52.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.082 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.12 47)
XYZ	xyz(28.5837, 22.8976, 8.2235)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E43 #4396C1

analogous

#C14357 #C16E43 #C1AD43

triadic

#C16E43 #43C16E #6E43C1

tetradic

#C16E43 #57C143 #4396C1 #AD43C1

square

#C16E43 #57C143 #4396C1 #AD43C1

split-complementary

#C16E43 #43C1AD #4357C1

monochromatic

#673A22 #955331 #C16E43 #D09171 #DFB59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C16E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C16E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E43

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E43	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#85783F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99878',
    500: '#c16e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e43;
$custom-light: #d99878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.476,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E43

secondary

#94B9CC

accent

#AADA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E43

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

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