#C16F40#C16F40

#C16F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F40
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 28.37, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 48.73, 54.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0793 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.121 49)
XYZ	xyz(28.6045, 23.0795, 7.7979)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F40 #4092C1

analogous

#C14052 #C16F40 #C1AF40

triadic

#C16F40 #40C16F #6F40C1

tetradic

#C16F40 #52C140 #4092C1 #AF40C1

square

#C16F40 #52C140 #4092C1 #AF40C1

split-complementary

#C16F40 #40C1AF #4052C1

monochromatic

#663A21 #945430 #C16F40 #D0926E #DFB59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C16F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C16F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F40

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F40	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99976',
    500: '#c16f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f40;
$custom-light: #d99976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.86,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F40

secondary

#92B6CB

accent

#A7DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F40

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

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