#C16037#C16037

#C16037 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.136 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16037
RGB	rgb(193, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 35.83, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 54.14, 48.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1005 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.136 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8673, 19.9823, 6.0558)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16037 #3798C1

analogous

#C13753 #C16037 #C1A537

triadic

#C16037 #37C160 #6037C1

tetradic

#C16037 #53C137 #3798C1 #A537C1

square

#C16037 #53C137 #3798C1 #A537C1

split-complementary

#C16037 #37C1A5 #3753C1

monochromatic

#62311C #914829 #C16037 #D28463 #E0A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C16037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C16037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16037

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16037	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.136 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8f6f',
    500: '#c16037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16037;
$custom-light: #da8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.826,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59807,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16037

secondary

#89B7CB

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16037

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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