#C17040#C17040

#C17040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.120 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17040
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 27.83, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 48.63, 55.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0777 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.12 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7142, 23.2989, 7.8344)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17040 #4091C1

analogous

#C14050 #C17040 #C1B140

triadic

#C17040 #40C170 #7040C1

tetradic

#C17040 #50C140 #4091C1 #B140C1

square

#C17040 #50C140 #4091C1 #B140C1

split-complementary

#C17040 #40C1B1 #4050C1

monochromatic

#663B21 #945530 #C17040 #D0936E #DFB59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C17040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C17040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17040

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17040	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.120 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99a76',
    500: '#c17040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17040;
$custom-light: #d99a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.326,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6257,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17040

secondary

#92B6CB

accent

#A6DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17040

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

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