#D16B42#D16B42

#D16B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.140 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D16B42
RGB	rgb(209, 107, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 37.05, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 55.08, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1046 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.14 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5385, 24.4679, 8.1625)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D16B42 #42A8D1

analogous

#D14261 #D16B42 #D1B342

triadic

#D16B42 #42D16B #6B42D1

tetradic

#D16B42 #61D142 #42A8D1 #B342D1

square

#D16B42 #61D142 #42A8D1 #B342D1

split-complementary

#D16B42 #42D1B3 #4261D1

monochromatic

#7B381E #AC4F2A #D16B42 #DD9273 #E9B8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#D16B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#D16B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D16B42

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D16B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D16B42	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d16b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 107, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.140 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e59778',
    500: '#d16b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d16b42;
$custom-light: #e59778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d16b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.203,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63936,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D16B42

secondary

#99C4D6

accent

#B6E444

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D16B42

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

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