#C16437#C16437

#C16437 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.133 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16437
RGB	rgb(193, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 33.74, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 53.49, 50.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.0941 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.133 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2415, 20.7308, 6.1806)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16437 #3794C1

analogous

#C1374F #C16437 #C1A937

triadic

#C16437 #37C164 #6437C1

tetradic

#C16437 #4FC137 #3794C1 #A937C1

square

#C16437 #4FC137 #3794C1 #A937C1

split-complementary

#C16437 #37C1A9 #374FC1

monochromatic

#62331C #914B29 #C16437 #D28763 #E0AC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C16437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C16437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16437

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16437	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.133 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9170',
    500: '#c16437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16437;
$custom-light: #da9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.565,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60446,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16437

secondary

#89B5CB

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16437

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

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