#C16838#C16838

#C16838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.130 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16838
RGB	rgb(193, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 31.68, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 52.56, 52.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.088 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.13 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6589, 21.5267, 6.4391)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16838 #3891C1

analogous

#C1384D #C16838 #C1AD38

triadic

#C16838 #38C168 #6838C1

tetradic

#C16838 #4DC138 #3891C1 #AD38C1

square

#C16838 #4DC138 #3891C1 #AD38C1

split-complementary

#C16838 #38C1AD #384DC1

monochromatic

#62351C #924E2A #C16838 #D28B64 #E0AE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C16838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C16838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16838

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16838	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3565D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.130 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9471',
    500: '#c16838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16838;
$custom-light: #da9471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61114,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16838

secondary

#8AB4CB

accent

#AADE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16838

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

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