#C16C38#C16C38

#C16C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.127 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16C38
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 29.54, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 52.09, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0815 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.127 50)
XYZ	xyz(28.0711, 22.3512, 6.5765)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16C38 #388DC1

analogous

#C13849 #C16C38 #C1B138

triadic

#C16C38 #38C16C #6C38C1

tetradic

#C16C38 #49C138 #388DC1 #B138C1

square

#C16C38 #49C138 #388DC1 #B138C1

split-complementary

#C16C38 #38C1B1 #3849C1

monochromatic

#62371C #92512A #C16C38 #D28E64 #E0B194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C16C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C16C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16C38

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16C38	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.127 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99771',
    500: '#c16c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16c38;
$custom-light: #d99771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.774,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61787,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.22348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16C38

secondary

#8AB2CB

accent

#A6DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16C38

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

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