#C17140#C17140

#C17140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17140
RGB	rgb(193, 113, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 27.29, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 48.54, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0761 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.12 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8252, 23.5208, 7.8714)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17140 #4090C1

analogous

#C1404F #C17140 #C1B240

triadic

#C17140 #40C171 #7140C1

tetradic

#C17140 #4FC140 #4090C1 #B240C1

square

#C17140 #4FC140 #4090C1 #B240C1

split-complementary

#C17140 #40C1B2 #404FC1

monochromatic

#663B21 #945630 #C17140 #D0936E #DFB69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C17140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C17140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17140

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17140	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 113, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99a76',
    500: '#c17140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17140;
$custom-light: #d99a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.791,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17140

secondary

#92B5CB

accent

#A5DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17140

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

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