#C1903E

sRGB: 193 / 144 / 62

Celestial flames dissolve into silence
Shimmering rivers fade beyond remembrance
Fleeting moments transcend the limits of dreams

#C1903E belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 144 green and 62 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 37.6° lands in the orange region. Its 51.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.33:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 144, 62
HSL: 37.56°, 51.37%, 50.00%
HSV / HSB: 37.56°, 67.88%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.39%, 67.88%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.834, 31.633, 8.934
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.038, 10.151, 49.371
WCAG relative luminance: 0.31632
24-bit decimal: 12685374

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C1903E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.33:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.87:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3E6FC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C1903E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C1903E #3E6FC1

Analogous

#C14F3E and #B0C13E sit 30° to either side of #C1903E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C14F3E #C1903E #B0C13E

Triadic

#C1903E, #3EC190 and #903EC1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C1903E #3EC190 #903EC1

Split complementary

Start at #C1903E and look across the wheel. #3EB1C1 and #4E3EC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C1903E #3EB1C1 #4E3EC1

Square

Starting with #C1903E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #3EC14E, #3E6FC1, then #C13EB1. Across the square, #C1903E pairs with #3E6FC1, and #3EC14E with #C13EB1.

#C1903E #3EC14E #3E6FC1 #C13EB1

Tetradic

#C1903E and #3E6FC1 are opposites, as are #6FC13E and #903EC1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C1903E #6FC13E #3E6FC1 #903EC1

Tints

Mixing #C1903E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA665, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9D8, the mixture is 80% white.

#C1903E #CDA665 #DABC8B #E6D3B2 #F3E9D8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C1903E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7332, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D0C, the mixture is 80% black.

#C1903E #9A7332 #745625 #4D3A19 #271D0C #000000

Tones

Mixing #C1903E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48D4B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8373, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C1903E #B48D4B #A78A58 #9A8666 #8D8373 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C1903E

RGB

rgb(193 144 62)

HSL

hsl(37.557 51.373% 50.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C1903E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C1903E uses 193 red, 144 green and 62 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 56.5%

Blue 24.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C1903E is 0.0% cyan, 25.4% magenta, 67.9% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 25.4%

Yellow 67.9%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB8844. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B84 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C1903E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB8844 Nearest web-safe: #CC9933

Gradient to complement

#C1903E #AB8B54 #95856A #808080 #6A7A95 #5475AB #3E6FC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C1903E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A39135

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#AE9D41

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D1827E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AF9239

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4993F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C38D5D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#999999

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AE9476

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.53328 G 0.27889 B 0.04817

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.72747 G 0.57246 B 0.29985

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.48811 G 0.28734 B 0.07316

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.447 y 0.431 Y 31.633

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 24.314 M % 43.529 Y % 75.686

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000001 10010000 00111110