#C16F43#C16F43

#C16F43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F43
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 67)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 65.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 28.56, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 47.60, 53.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0804 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.12 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6922, 23.1146, 8.2596)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F43 #4395C1

analogous

#C14356 #C16F43 #C1AE43

triadic

#C16F43 #43C16F #6F43C1

tetradic

#C16F43 #56C143 #4395C1 #AE43C1

square

#C16F43 #56C143 #4395C1 #AE43C1

split-complementary

#C16F43 #43C1AE #4356C1

monochromatic

#673A22 #955431 #C16F43 #D09271 #DFB69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C16F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C16F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F43

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F43	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)

#86793F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99978',
    500: '#c16f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f43;
$custom-light: #d99978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62436,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F43

secondary

#94B8CC

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F43

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

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