#C16E39#C16E39

#C16E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.125 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16E39
RGB	rgb(193, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 70.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 28.51, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 51.51, 56.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0786 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.125 51)
XYZ	xyz(28.3091, 22.7878, 6.7777)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16E39 #398CC1

analogous

#C13948 #C16E39 #C1B239

triadic

#C16E39 #39C16E #6E39C1

tetradic

#C16E39 #48C139 #398CC1 #B239C1

square

#C16E39 #48C139 #398CC1 #B239C1

split-complementary

#C16E39 #39C1B2 #3948C1

monochromatic

#63381D #92532B #C16E39 #D29066 #E0B295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C16E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C16E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16E39

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16E39	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)

#867833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.125 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99872',
    500: '#c16e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16e39;
$custom-light: #d99872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.382,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.22785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16E39

secondary

#8BB2CB

accent

#A4DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16E39

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

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