#C16235#C16235

#C16235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.135 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16235
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 34.69, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 54.51, 50.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.0967 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.135 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0051, 20.3331, 5.8700)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16235 #3594C1

analogous

#C1354E #C16235 #C1A835

triadic

#C16235 #35C162 #6235C1

tetradic

#C16235 #4EC135 #3594C1 #A835C1

square

#C16235 #4EC135 #3594C1 #A835C1

split-complementary

#C16235 #35C1A8 #354EC1

monochromatic

#61311B #914A28 #C16235 #D38560 #E0AA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C16235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C16235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16235

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16235	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.135 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da906e',
    500: '#c16235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16235;
$custom-light: #da906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60102,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16235

secondary

#87B5CB

accent

#AFE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16235

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

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