#C16F42#C16F42

#C16F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F42
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 28.49, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 47.97, 53.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.08 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.12 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6624, 23.1027, 8.1030)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F42 #4294C1

analogous

#C14254 #C16F42 #C1AF42

triadic

#C16F42 #42C16F #6F42C1

tetradic

#C16F42 #54C142 #4294C1 #AF42C1

square

#C16F42 #54C142 #4294C1 #AF42C1

split-complementary

#C16F42 #42C1AF #4254C1

monochromatic

#673A22 #955431 #C16F42 #D09270 #DFB59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C16F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C16F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F42	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)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99978',
    500: '#c16f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f42;
$custom-light: #d99978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.26,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F42

secondary

#93B8CC

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F42

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

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