#C16E45#C16E45

#C16E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E45
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 69)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 29.23, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 46.97, 51.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0828 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.119 46)
XYZ	xyz(28.6447, 22.9220, 8.5449)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E45 #4598C1

analogous

#C1455A #C16E45 #C1AC45

triadic

#C16E45 #45C16E #6E45C1

tetradic

#C16E45 #5AC145 #4598C1 #AC45C1

square

#C16E45 #5AC145 #4598C1 #AC45C1

split-complementary

#C16E45 #45C1AC #455AC1

monochromatic

#693A23 #975332 #C16E45 #D09273 #E0B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C16E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C16E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E45

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E45	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)

#857941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9987a',
    500: '#c16e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e45;
$custom-light: #d9987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62292,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E45

secondary

#96BACC

accent

#ABDA4E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E45

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

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