#C16E49#C16E49

#C16E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E49
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(19, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(19, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 29.50, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 45.52, 49.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0842 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.117 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7731, 22.9733, 9.2210)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E49 #499CC1

analogous

#C14960 #C16E49 #C1AA49

triadic

#C16E49 #49C16E #6E49C1

tetradic

#C16E49 #60C149 #499CC1 #AA49C1

square

#C16E49 #60C149 #499CC1 #AA49C1

split-complementary

#C16E49 #49C1AA #4960C1

monochromatic

#6B3A24 #995334 #C16E49 #D19277 #E0B7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C16E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C16E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E49

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E49	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#847946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8987c',
    500: '#c16e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e49;
$custom-light: #d8987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E49

secondary

#99BDCD

accent

#AED94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E49

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

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