#C16E38#C16E38

#C16E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.126 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E38
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 28.46, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 51.89, 56.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0783 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.126 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2844, 22.7779, 6.6476)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E38 #388BC1

analogous

#C13846 #C16E38 #C1B338

triadic

#C16E38 #38C16E #6E38C1

tetradic

#C16E38 #46C138 #388BC1 #B338C1

square

#C16E38 #46C138 #388BC1 #B338C1

split-complementary

#C16E38 #38C1B3 #3846C1

monochromatic

#62381C #92532A #C16E38 #D28F64 #E0B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C16E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E38

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E38	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.126 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99871',
    500: '#c16e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e38;
$custom-light: #d99871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.65,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62129,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E38

secondary

#8AB1CB

accent

#A4DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E38

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

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