#C16138#C16138

#C16138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.135 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16138
RGB	rgb(193, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 35.36, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 53.61, 48.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0992 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.135 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9833, 20.1756, 6.2139)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16138 #3898C1

analogous

#C13854 #C16138 #C1A638

triadic

#C16138 #38C161 #6138C1

tetradic

#C16138 #54C138 #3898C1 #A638C1

square

#C16138 #54C138 #3898C1 #A638C1

split-complementary

#C16138 #38C1A6 #3854C1

monochromatic

#62311C #92492A #C16138 #D28564 #E0AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C16138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C16138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16138

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16138	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.135 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9070',
    500: '#c16138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16138;
$custom-light: #da9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59977,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16138

secondary

#8AB7CB

accent

#B2DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16138

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

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