#C16E36#C16E36

#C16E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.126 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E36
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 72%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 28.36, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 52.65, 57.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0777 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.126 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2365, 22.7587, 6.3952)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E36 #3689C1

analogous

#C13643 #C16E36 #C1B336

triadic

#C16E36 #36C16E #6E36C1

tetradic

#C16E36 #43C136 #3689C1 #B336C1

square

#C16E36 #43C136 #3689C1 #B336C1

split-complementary

#C16E36 #36C1B3 #3643C1

monochromatic

#61371B #915329 #C16E36 #D38F61 #E0B191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C16E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E36

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E36	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)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.126 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99870',
    500: '#c16e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e36;
$custom-light: #d99870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.173,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E36

secondary

#88B0CB

accent

#A3E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E36

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

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