#D16C42#D16C42

#D16C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.140 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D16C42
RGB	rgb(209, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 36.53, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 54.91, 48.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.1031 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.14 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6433, 24.6776, 8.1974)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D16C42 #42A7D1

analogous

#D14260 #D16C42 #D1B342

triadic

#D16C42 #42D16C #6C42D1

tetradic

#D16C42 #60D142 #42A7D1 #B342D1

square

#D16C42 #60D142 #42A7D1 #B342D1

split-complementary

#D16C42 #42D1B3 #4260D1

monochromatic

#7B391E #AC502A #D16C42 #DD9273 #E9B9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#D16C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#D16C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D16C42

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D16C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D16C42	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d16c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.140 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e59878',
    500: '#d16c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d16c42;
$custom-light: #e59878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d16c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.622,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64094,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D16C42

secondary

#99C4D6

accent

#B5E444

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D16C42

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

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