#C16E46#C16E46

#C16E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E46
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 70)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 63.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 29.29, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 46.60, 51.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0831 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.119 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6760, 22.9345, 8.7098)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E46 #4699C1

analogous

#C1465C #C16E46 #C1AC46

triadic

#C16E46 #46C16E #6E46C1

tetradic

#C16E46 #5CC146 #4699C1 #AC46C1

square

#C16E46 #5CC146 #4699C1 #AC46C1

split-complementary

#C16E46 #46C1AC #465CC1

monochromatic

#693A23 #975333 #C16E46 #D09274 #E0B6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C16E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C16E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E46

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E46	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9987a',
    500: '#c16e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e46;
$custom-light: #d9987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E46

secondary

#96BBCC

accent

#ACD94E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E46

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

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