#D16A42#D16A42

#D16A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.141 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D16A42
RGB	rgb(209, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 37.56, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 55.26, 47.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1062 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.141 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4348, 24.2605, 8.1279)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D16A42 #42A9D1

analogous

#D14262 #D16A42 #D1B242

triadic

#D16A42 #42D16A #6A42D1

tetradic

#D16A42 #62D142 #42A9D1 #B242D1

square

#D16A42 #62D142 #42A9D1 #B242D1

split-complementary

#D16A42 #42D1B2 #4262D1

monochromatic

#7B381E #AC4E2A #D16A42 #DD9173 #E9B8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#D16A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#D16A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D16A42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D16A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D16A42	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E55661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d16a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.141 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e59678',
    500: '#d16a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d16a42;
$custom-light: #e59678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d16a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.783,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D16A42

secondary

#99C5D6

accent

#B7E444

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D16A42

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

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