#D16540#D16540

#D16540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.146 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D16540
RGB	rgb(209, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 39.99, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 56.85, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1133 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.146 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8766, 23.2367, 7.6560)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D16540 #40ACD1

analogous

#D14063 #D16540 #D1AD40

triadic

#D16540 #40D165 #6540D1

tetradic

#D16540 #63D140 #40ACD1 #AD40D1

square

#D16540 #63D140 #40ACD1 #AD40D1

split-complementary

#D16540 #40D1AD #4063D1

monochromatic

#79351D #AB4A29 #D16540 #DD8D71 #E9B5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#D16540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#D16540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D16540

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D16540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D16540	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E54F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d16540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.146 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e69376',
    500: '#d16540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d16540;
$custom-light: #e69376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d16540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.31,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62984,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D16540

secondary

#97C6D5

accent

#BBE444

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FEF1ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D16540

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

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