#C16238#C16238

#C16238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.134 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16238
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 34.84, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 53.45, 49.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0976 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.134 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0763, 20.3616, 6.2449)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16238 #3897C1

analogous

#C13853 #C16238 #C1A738

triadic

#C16238 #38C162 #6238C1

tetradic

#C16238 #53C138 #3897C1 #A738C1

square

#C16238 #53C138 #3897C1 #A738C1

split-complementary

#C16238 #38C1A7 #3853C1

monochromatic

#62321C #924A2A #C16238 #D28664 #E0AB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C16238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C16238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16238

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16238	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)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.134 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9070',
    500: '#c16238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16238;
$custom-light: #da9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.394,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60136,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16238

secondary

#8AB7CB

accent

#B1DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16238

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

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