#C16438#C16438

#C16438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.133 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16438
RGB	rgb(193, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 33.79, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 53.13, 50.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.0945 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.133 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2658, 20.7405, 6.3081)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16438 #3895C1

analogous

#C13851 #C16438 #C1A938

triadic

#C16438 #38C164 #6438C1

tetradic

#C16438 #51C138 #3895C1 #A938C1

square

#C16438 #51C138 #3895C1 #A938C1

split-complementary

#C16438 #38C1A9 #3851C1

monochromatic

#62331C #924B2A #C16438 #D28764 #E0AC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C16438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C16438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16438

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16438	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)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.133 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9170',
    500: '#c16438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16438;
$custom-light: #da9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.27,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60458,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16438

secondary

#8AB6CB

accent

#AFDE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16438

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

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