#C16B35#C16B35

#C16B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.129 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16B35
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 29.92, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 53.32, 55.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.0822 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.129 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8951, 22.1130, 6.1667)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16B35 #358BC1

analogous

#C13545 #C16B35 #C1B135

triadic

#C16B35 #35C16B #6B35C1

tetradic

#C16B35 #45C135 #358BC1 #B135C1

square

#C16B35 #45C135 #358BC1 #B135C1

split-complementary

#C16B35 #35C1B1 #3545C1

monochromatic

#61361B #915028 #C16B35 #D38C60 #E0AF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C16B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#C16B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16B35

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16B35	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83762F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.129 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da966f',
    500: '#c16b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16b35;
$custom-light: #da966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16B35

secondary

#87B1CB

accent

#A5E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16B35

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

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