#C16E37#C16E37

#C16E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.126 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E37
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 28.41, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 52.27, 57.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.078 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.126 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2602, 22.7682, 6.5201)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E37 #378AC1

analogous

#C13745 #C16E37 #C1B337

triadic

#C16E37 #37C16E #6E37C1

tetradic

#C16E37 #45C137 #378AC1 #B337C1

square

#C16E37 #45C137 #378AC1 #B337C1

split-complementary

#C16E37 #37C1B3 #3745C1

monochromatic

#62381C #915329 #C16E37 #D28F63 #E0B192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C16E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E37

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E37	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)

#867831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.126 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99870',
    500: '#c16e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e37;
$custom-light: #d99870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.913,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62118,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E37

secondary

#89B1CB

accent

#A3DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E37

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

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