#C16A38#C16A38

#C16A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.128 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16A38
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 30.61, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 52.31, 54.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0848 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.128 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8626, 21.9341, 6.5070)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16A38 #388FC1

analogous

#C1384B #C16A38 #C1AF38

triadic

#C16A38 #38C16A #6A38C1

tetradic

#C16A38 #4BC138 #388FC1 #AF38C1

square

#C16A38 #4BC138 #388FC1 #AF38C1

split-complementary

#C16A38 #38C1AF #384BC1

monochromatic

#62361C #92502A #C16A38 #D28C64 #E0AF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#C16A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#C16A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16A38

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16A38	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.128 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9571',
    500: '#c16a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16a38;
$custom-light: #da9571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.898,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61449,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16A38

secondary

#8AB3CB

accent

#A8DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16A38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →