#C16F3B#C16F3B

#C16F3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F3B
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 59)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 69.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 28.08, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 50.65, 56.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0776 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.123 51)
XYZ	xyz(28.4685, 23.0251, 7.0819)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F3B #3B8DC1

analogous

#C13B4A #C16F3B #C1B23B

triadic

#C16F3B #3BC16F #6F3BC1

tetradic

#C16F3B #4AC13B #3B8DC1 #B23BC1

square

#C16F3B #4AC13B #3B8DC1 #B23BC1

split-complementary

#C16F3B #3BC1B2 #3B4AC1

monochromatic

#63391E #92542D #C16F3B #D19168 #DFB397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C16F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C16F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F3B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F3B	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)

#867936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99973',
    500: '#c16f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f3b;
$custom-light: #d99973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62336,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F3B

secondary

#8DB3CB

accent

#A4DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F3B

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

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