#C16738#C16738

#C16738 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.130 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16738
RGB	rgb(193, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 32.21, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 52.69, 52.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.0896 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.13 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5588, 21.3266, 6.4058)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16738 #3892C1

analogous

#C1384E #C16738 #C1AC38

triadic

#C16738 #38C167 #6738C1

tetradic

#C16738 #4EC138 #3892C1 #AC38C1

square

#C16738 #4EC138 #3892C1 #AC38C1

split-complementary

#C16738 #38C1AC #384EC1

monochromatic

#62341C #924E2A #C16738 #D28A64 #E0AE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#C16738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#C16738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16738

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16738	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.130 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9371',
    500: '#c16738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16738;
$custom-light: #da9371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.584,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60949,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16738

secondary

#8AB5CB

accent

#ABDE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16738

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

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