#C16D38#C16D38

#C16D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.126 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16D38
RGB	rgb(193, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 29.00, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 51.99, 56.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.0799 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.126 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1772, 22.5633, 6.6119)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16D38 #388CC1

analogous

#C13848 #C16D38 #C1B238

triadic

#C16D38 #38C16D #6D38C1

tetradic

#C16D38 #48C138 #388CC1 #B238C1

square

#C16D38 #48C138 #388CC1 #B238C1

split-complementary

#C16D38 #38C1B2 #3848C1

monochromatic

#62371C #92522A #C16D38 #D28F64 #E0B194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C16D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C16D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16D38

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16D38	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.126 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99771',
    500: '#c16d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16d38;
$custom-light: #d99771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.212,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61958,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16D38

secondary

#8AB2CB

accent

#A5DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16D38

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

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