#C19046

sRGB · 193 / 144 / 70

#C19046 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 144 green and 70 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 36.1° lands in the orange region. Its 49.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.6% 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 (7.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 144, 70
HSL: 36.10°, 49.80%, 51.57%
HSV / HSB: 36.10°, 63.73%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.39%, 63.73%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 33.070, 31.727, 10.177
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.117, 10.651, 45.651
WCAG relative luminance: 0.31726
24-bit decimal: 12685382

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 #C19046 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 · 7.35:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.86:1

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. 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

#4677C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19046 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.

#C19046 #4677C1

Analogous

#C15346 and #B4C146 sit 30° to either side of #C19046. 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.

#C15346 #C19046 #B4C146

Triadic

#C19046, #46C190 and #9046C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19046 #46C190 #9046C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19046 and look across the wheel. #46B4C1 and #5346C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19046 #46B4C1 #5346C1

Square

Starting with #C19046, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #46C153, #4677C1, then #C146B4. Across the square, #C19046 pairs with #4677C1, and #46C153 with #C146B4.

#C19046 #46C153 #4677C1 #C146B4

Tetradic

#C19046 and #4677C1 are opposites, as are #77C146 and #9046C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19046 #77C146 #4677C1 #9046C1

Tints

Mixing #C19046 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA66B, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9DA, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19046 #CDA66B #DABC90 #E6D3B5 #F3E9DA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19046 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7338, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D0E, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19046 #9A7338 #74562A #4D3A1C #271D0E #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19046 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48D52, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8374, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19046 #B48D52 #A78A5D #9A8669 #8D8374 #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

#C19046

RGB

rgb(193 144 70)

HSL

hsl(36.098 49.798% 51.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19046;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19046 uses 193 red, 144 green and 70 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 56.5%

Blue 27.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19046 is 0.0% cyan, 25.4% magenta, 63.7% 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 63.7%

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 #C19046 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

#C19046 #AD8C5B #98886F #848484 #6F7F98 #5B7BAD #4677C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19046 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.

#A2923F

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.

#AE9E48

Tritanopia

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

#D1837F

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.

#AE9242

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.

#B39947

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C38D61

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.

#AE9478

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 0.06125

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 0.32285

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48811 G 0.28734 B 0.08507

CIE xyY

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

x 0.441 y 0.423 Y 31.727

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 43.529 Y % 72.549

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010000 01000110