#C16237#C16237

#C16237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.135 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16237
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 34.79, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 53.80, 49.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.0973 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.135 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0521, 20.3519, 6.1174)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16237 #3796C1

analogous

#C13751 #C16237 #C1A737

triadic

#C16237 #37C162 #6237C1

tetradic

#C16237 #51C137 #3796C1 #A737C1

square

#C16237 #51C137 #3796C1 #A737C1

split-complementary

#C16237 #37C1A7 #3751C1

monochromatic

#62321C #914A29 #C16237 #D28663 #E0AB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C16237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C16237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16237

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16237	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.135 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9070',
    500: '#c16237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16237;
$custom-light: #da9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.696,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60124,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16237

secondary

#89B6CB

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16237

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

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