#C16540#C16540

#C16540 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.128 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16540
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 33.71, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 50.13, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0956 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.128 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5738, 21.0181, 7.4543)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16540 #409CC1

analogous

#C1405C #C16540 #C1A540

triadic

#C16540 #40C165 #6540C1

tetradic

#C16540 #5CC140 #409CC1 #A540C1

square

#C16540 #5CC140 #409CC1 #A540C1

split-complementary

#C16540 #40C1A5 #405CC1

monochromatic

#663521 #944D30 #C16540 #D08A6E #DFB09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C16540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C16540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16540

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16540	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.128 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99276',
    500: '#c16540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16540;
$custom-light: #d99276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.209,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60721,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16540

secondary

#92BBCB

accent

#B2DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16540

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

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