#C16F38#C16F38

#C16F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16F38
RGB	rgb(193, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 27.92, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 51.80, 57.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0767 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.125 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3929, 22.9949, 6.6838)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16F38 #388AC1

analogous

#C13845 #C16F38 #C1B438

triadic

#C16F38 #38C16F #6F38C1

tetradic

#C16F38 #45C138 #388AC1 #B438C1

square

#C16F38 #45C138 #388AC1 #B438C1

split-complementary

#C16F38 #38C1B4 #3845C1

monochromatic

#62381C #92542A #C16F38 #D29064 #E0B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C16F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C16F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16F38

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16F38	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D35E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99971',
    500: '#c16f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16f38;
$custom-light: #d99971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.088,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16F38

secondary

#8AB1CB

accent

#A3DE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16F38

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

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