#C16538#C16538

#C16538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.132 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16538
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 33.27, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 52.98, 51.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.0928 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.132 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3623, 20.9335, 6.3402)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16538 #3894C1

analogous

#C13850 #C16538 #C1AA38

triadic

#C16538 #38C165 #6538C1

tetradic

#C16538 #50C138 #3894C1 #AA38C1

square

#C16538 #50C138 #3894C1 #AA38C1

split-complementary

#C16538 #38C1AA #3850C1

monochromatic

#62331C #924C2A #C16538 #D28864 #E0AD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C16538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#C16538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16538

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16538	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.132 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9270',
    500: '#c16538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16538;
$custom-light: #da9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.708,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6062,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16538

secondary

#8AB6CB

accent

#ADDE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16538

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

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