#D16D42#D16D42

#D16D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.139 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D16D42
RGB	rgb(209, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 36.01, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 54.75, 48.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1015 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.139 43)
XYZ	xyz(32.7494, 24.8897, 8.2328)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D16D42 #42A6D1

analogous

#D1425F #D16D42 #D1B542

triadic

#D16D42 #42D16D #6D42D1

tetradic

#D16D42 #5FD142 #42A6D1 #B542D1

square

#D16D42 #5FD142 #42A6D1 #B542D1

split-complementary

#D16D42 #42D1B5 #425FD1

monochromatic

#7B3A1E #AC512A #D16D42 #DD9373 #E9B9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#D16D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#D16D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D16D42

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D16D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D16D42	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E45963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d16d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.139 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e59878',
    500: '#d16d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d16d42;
$custom-light: #e59878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d16d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.042,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64253,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.24886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D16D42

secondary

#99C4D6

accent

#B4E444

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D16D42

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

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