#C19B35

sRGB: 193 / 155 / 53

#C19B35 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 155 green and 53 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 43.7° lands in the orange region. Its 56.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.2% 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 (8.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 155, 53
HSL: 43.71°, 56.91%, 48.24%
HSV / HSB: 43.71°, 72.54%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.69%, 72.54%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.355, 35.038, 8.322
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.778, 3.676, 56.128
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35037
24-bit decimal: 12688181

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 #C19B35 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: 8.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.62:1

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

#355BC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19B35 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.

#C19B35 #355BC1

Analogous

#C15535 and #A1C135 sit 30° to either side of #C19B35. 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.

#C15535 #C19B35 #A1C135

Triadic

#C19B35, #35C19B and #9B35C1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19B35 #35C19B #9B35C1

Split complementary

Start at #C19B35 and look across the wheel. #35A1C1 and #5535C1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19B35 #35A1C1 #5535C1

Square

Starting with #C19B35, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #35C155, #355BC1, then #C135A1. Across the square, #C19B35 pairs with #355BC1, and #35C155 with #C135A1.

#C19B35 #35C155 #355BC1 #C135A1

Tetradic

#C19B35 and #355BC1 are opposites, as are #5BC135 and #9B35C1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19B35 #5BC135 #355BC1 #9B35C1

Tints

Mixing #C19B35 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDAF5D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3EBD7, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19B35 #CDAF5D #DAC386 #E6D7AE #F3EBD7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19B35 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7C2A, keeps 80% of the original. By #271F0B, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19B35 #9A7C2A #745D20 #4D3E15 #271F0B #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19B35 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B49644, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8571, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19B35 #B49644 #A79053 #9A8B62 #8D8571 #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

#C19B35

RGB

rgb(193 155 53)

HSL

hsl(43.714 56.911% 48.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19B35;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19B35 uses 193 red, 155 green and 53 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 60.8%

Blue 20.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19B35 is 0.0% cyan, 19.7% magenta, 72.5% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.7%

Yellow 72.5%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB9933. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B93 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19B35 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB9933 Nearest web-safe: #CC9933

Gradient to complement

#C19B35 #AA904C #928664 #7B7B7B #647092 #4C66AA #355BC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19B35 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.

#AD9A26

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.

#B6A43A

Tritanopia

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

#D18E86

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.

#B59B2E

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.

#B9A137

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C4985E

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A0A0A0

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.

#B19D7A

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 0.32778 B 0.03560

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 0.73324 G 0.61356 B 0.28333

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49679 G 0.33460 B 0.06526

CIE xyY

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

x 0.442 y 0.451 Y 35.038

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 39.216 Y % 79.216

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10011011 00110101