#C16E4E#C16E4E

#C16E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.115 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E4E
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 59.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 29.86, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 43.76, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0861 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.115 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9456, 23.0423, 10.1295)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E4E #4EA1C1

analogous

#C14E67 #C16E4E #C1A84E

triadic

#C16E4E #4EC16E #6E4EC1

tetradic

#C16E4E #67C14E #4EA1C1 #A84EC1

square

#C16E4E #67C14E #4EA1C1 #A84EC1

split-complementary

#C16E4E #4EC1A8 #4E67C1

monochromatic

#6E3A27 #9B5336 #C16E4E #D1937B #E1B8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C16E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C16E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E4E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E4E	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84794B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.115 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89880',
    500: '#c16e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e4e;
$custom-light: #d89880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E4E

secondary

#9DC0CE

accent

#B2D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E4E

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

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