#C16537#C16537

#C16537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.132 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16537
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 33.21, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 53.34, 51.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0925 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.132 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3380, 20.9238, 6.2127)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16537 #3793C1

analogous

#C1374E #C16537 #C1AA37

triadic

#C16537 #37C165 #6537C1

tetradic

#C16537 #4EC137 #3793C1 #AA37C1

square

#C16537 #4EC137 #3793C1 #AA37C1

split-complementary

#C16537 #37C1AA #374EC1

monochromatic

#62331C #914C29 #C16537 #D28863 #E0AC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C16537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#C16537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16537

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16537	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.132 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9270',
    500: '#c16537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16537;
$custom-light: #da9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60609,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16537

secondary

#89B5CB

accent

#ADDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16537

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

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