#C16E50#C16E50

#C16E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E50
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 58.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 30.02, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 43.09, 45.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0869 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.114 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0184, 23.0714, 10.5129)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E50 #50A3C1

analogous

#C1506A #C16E50 #C1A650

triadic

#C16E50 #50C16E #6E50C1

tetradic

#C16E50 #6AC150 #50A3C1 #A650C1

square

#C16E50 #6AC150 #50A3C1 #A650C1

split-complementary

#C16E50 #50C1A6 #506AC1

monochromatic

#6F3A27 #9C5237 #C16E50 #D1937D #E1B9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C16E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C16E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E50

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E50	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)

#84794D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89881',
    500: '#c16e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e50;
$custom-light: #d89881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.929,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6246,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E50

secondary

#9EC2CF

accent

#B4D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E50

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

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