#C19278

sRGB: 193 / 146 / 120

#C19278 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 146 green and 120 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 21.4° lands in the orange region. Its 37.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 61.4% 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 (7.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 146, 120
HSL: 21.37°, 37.06%, 61.37%
HSV / HSB: 21.37°, 37.82%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.35%, 37.82%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.660, 33.252, 22.310
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.365, 14.223, 20.660
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33251
24-bit decimal: 12685944

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 #C19278 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: 7.65:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.75:1

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

#78A7C1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19278 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.

#C19278 #78A7C1

Analogous

#C17882 and #C1B778 sit 30° to either side of #C19278. 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.

#C17882 #C19278 #C1B778

Triadic

#C19278, #78C192 and #9278C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19278 #78C192 #9278C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19278 and look across the wheel. #78C1B7 and #7882C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19278 #78C1B7 #7882C1

Square

Starting with #C19278, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #83C178, #78A7C1, then #B778C1. Across the square, #C19278 pairs with #78A7C1, and #83C178 with #B778C1.

#C19278 #83C178 #78A7C1 #B778C1

Tetradic

#C19278 and #78A7C1 are opposites, as are #A7C178 and #9278C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19278 #A7C178 #78A7C1 #9278C1

Tints

Mixing #C19278 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDA893, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3E9E4, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19278 #CDA893 #DABEAE #E6D3C9 #F3E9E4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19278 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7560, keeps 80% of the original. By #271D18, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19278 #9A7560 #745848 #4D3A30 #271D18 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19278 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B48E7A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D847E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19278 #B48E7A #A78B7B #9A877D #8D847E #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

#C19278

RGB

rgb(193 146 120)

HSL

hsl(21.370 37.056% 61.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19278;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19278 uses 193 red, 146 green and 120 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 57.3%

Blue 47.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19278 is 0.0% cyan, 24.4% magenta, 37.8% 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 37.8%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9977. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B97 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19278 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB9977 Nearest web-safe: #CC9966

Gradient to complement

#C19278 #B59684 #A99990 #9D9D9D #90A0A9 #84A4B5 #78A7C1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19278 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.

#9F9676

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.

#AAA078

Tritanopia

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

#CE8A8B

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.

#AC9677

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.

#B19B78

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C29180

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9C9C9C

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.

#B0978B

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 0.28744 B 0.18782

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 0.48558

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48963 G 0.29560 B 0.20093

CIE xyY

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

x 0.391 y 0.365 Y 33.252

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 42.745 Y % 52.941

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10010010 01111000