#C17042#C17042

#C17042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.119 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17042
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 27.95, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 47.87, 54.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0784 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.119 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7721, 23.3221, 8.1396)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17042 #4293C1

analogous

#C14253 #C17042 #C1AF42

triadic

#C17042 #42C170 #7042C1

tetradic

#C17042 #53C142 #4293C1 #AF42C1

square

#C17042 #53C142 #4293C1 #AF42C1

split-complementary

#C17042 #42C1AF #4253C1

monochromatic

#673B22 #955531 #C17042 #D09370 #DFB69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C17042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C17042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17042

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17042	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)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.119 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99a78',
    500: '#c17042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17042;
$custom-light: #d99a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.732,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62596,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17042

secondary

#93B7CC

accent

#A7DA4E

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17042

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

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