#C16A35#C16A35

#C16A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.129 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16A35
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 30.46, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 53.43, 55.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0838 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.129 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7914, 21.9057, 6.1321)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16A35 #358CC1

analogous

#C13546 #C16A35 #C1B035

triadic

#C16A35 #35C16A #6A35C1

tetradic

#C16A35 #46C135 #358CC1 #B035C1

square

#C16A35 #46C135 #358CC1 #B035C1

split-complementary

#C16A35 #35C1B0 #3546C1

monochromatic

#61351B #915028 #C16A35 #D38C60 #E0AE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#C16A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#C16A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16A35

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16A35	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.129 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da956f',
    500: '#c16a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16a35;
$custom-light: #da956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.714,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61416,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16A35

secondary

#87B1CB

accent

#A6E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16A35

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

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