#C16F45#C16F45

#C16F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F45
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 69)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 28.69, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 46.85, 52.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0811 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.119 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7532, 23.1390, 8.5811)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F45 #4597C1

analogous

#C14559 #C16F45 #C1AD45

triadic

#C16F45 #45C16F #6F45C1

tetradic

#C16F45 #59C145 #4597C1 #AD45C1

square

#C16F45 #59C145 #4597C1 #AD45C1

split-complementary

#C16F45 #45C1AD #4559C1

monochromatic

#693B23 #975432 #C16F45 #D09373 #E0B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C16F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C16F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F45

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F45	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D25F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9997a',
    500: '#c16f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f45;
$custom-light: #d9997a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F45

secondary

#96BACC

accent

#AADA4E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F45

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

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