#C16038#C16038

#C16038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.136 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16038
RGB	rgb(193, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 35.88, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 53.79, 48.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.1008 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.136 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8915, 19.9920, 6.1833)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16038 #3899C1

analogous

#C13855 #C16038 #C1A538

triadic

#C16038 #38C160 #6038C1

tetradic

#C16038 #55C138 #3899C1 #A538C1

square

#C16038 #55C138 #3899C1 #A538C1

split-complementary

#C16038 #38C1A5 #3855C1

monochromatic

#62311C #92482A #C16038 #D28464 #E0AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C16038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C16038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16038

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16038	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.136 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8f70',
    500: '#c16038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16038;
$custom-light: #da8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.518,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59819,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16038

secondary

#8AB8CB

accent

#B3DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16038

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

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