#C16E35#C16E35

#C16E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E35
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 28.31, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 53.03, 57.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0774 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.127 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2133, 22.7494, 6.2728)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E35 #3588C1

analogous

#C13542 #C16E35 #C1B435

triadic

#C16E35 #35C16E #6E35C1

tetradic

#C16E35 #42C135 #3588C1 #B435C1

square

#C16E35 #42C135 #3588C1 #B435C1

split-complementary

#C16E35 #35C1B4 #3542C1

monochromatic

#61371B #915328 #C16E35 #D38F60 #E0B190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C16E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E35

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E35	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86782F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9986f',
    500: '#c16e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e35;
$custom-light: #d9986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62097,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E35

secondary

#87AFCB

accent

#A2E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E35

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

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