#C19265

sRGB · 193 / 146 / 101

#C19265 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 146 green and 101 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 29.3° lands in the orange region. Its 42.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.6% 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 (7.57:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 146, 101
HSL: 29.35°, 42.59%, 57.65%
HSV / HSB: 29.35°, 47.67%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.35%, 47.67%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.619, 32.836, 16.827
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.028, 12.131, 30.659
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32835
24-bit decimal: 12685925

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 #C19265 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 · 7.57:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.78:1

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

#6594C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19265 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.

#C19265 #6594C1

Analogous

#C16566 and #C1C065 sit 30° to either side of #C19265. 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.

#C16566 #C19265 #C1C065

Triadic

#C19265, #65C192 and #9265C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19265 #65C192 #9265C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19265 and look across the wheel. #65C1C0 and #6566C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19265 #65C1C0 #6566C1

Square

Starting with #C19265, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #66C165, #6594C1, then #C065C1. Across the square, #C19265 pairs with #6594C1, and #66C165 with #C065C1.

#C19265 #66C165 #6594C1 #C065C1

Tetradic

#C19265 and #6594C1 are opposites, as are #94C165 and #9265C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19265 #94C165 #6594C1 #9265C1

Tints

Mixing #C19265 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA884, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E0, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19265 #CDA884 #DABEA3 #E6D3C1 #F3E9E0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19265 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7551, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D14, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19265 #9A7551 #74583D #4D3A28 #271D14 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19265 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48E6A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D847B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19265 #B48E6A #A78B70 #9A8775 #8D847B #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

#C19265

RGB

rgb(193 146 101)

HSL

hsl(29.348 42.593% 57.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19265;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19265 uses 193 red, 146 green and 101 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 57.3%

Blue 39.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19265 is 0.0% cyan, 24.4% magenta, 47.7% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.4%

Yellow 47.7%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9966. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B96 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19265 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB9966 Nearest web-safe · #CC9966

Gradient to complement

#C19265 #B29274 #A29384 #939393 #8493A2 #7494B2 #6594C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19265 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.

#A19562

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.

#AC9F66

Tritanopia

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

#CF8887

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.

#AE9563

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.

#B29B65

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C39073

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9B9B9B

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.

#AF9784

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 0.28744 B 0.13014

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 0.72849 G 0.57991 B 0.42146

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48963 G 0.29560 B 0.14841

CIE xyY

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

x 0.411 y 0.390 Y 32.836

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 42.745 Y % 60.392

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010010 01100101