#C16E4B#C16E4B

#C16E4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E4B
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 75)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 61.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 29.64, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 44.80, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.085 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.116 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8404, 23.0003, 9.5759)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E4B #4B9EC1

analogous

#C14B63 #C16E4B #C1A94B

triadic

#C16E4B #4BC16E #6E4BC1

tetradic

#C16E4B #63C14B #4B9EC1 #A94BC1

square

#C16E4B #63C14B #4B9EC1 #A94BC1

split-complementary

#C16E4B #4BC1A9 #4B63C1

monochromatic

#6C3A25 #9A5335 #C16E4B #D19379 #E0B7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C16E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C16E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E4B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E4B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8987e',
    500: '#c16e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e4b;
$custom-light: #d8987e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6238,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E4B

secondary

#9ABECE

accent

#B0D84F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E4B

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

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