#C17231#C17231

#C17231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.127 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17231
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 25.95, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 54.28, 61.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0697 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.127 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5664, 23.5968, 5.9554)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17231 #3180C1

analogous

#C13138 #C17231 #C1BA31

triadic

#C17231 #31C172 #7231C1

tetradic

#C17231 #38C131 #3180C1 #BA31C1

square

#C17231 #38C131 #3180C1 #BA31C1

split-complementary

#C17231 #31C1BA #3138C1

monochromatic

#5F3818 #905525 #C17231 #D5925A #E2B28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C17231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C17231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17231

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17231	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.127 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99b6d',
    500: '#c17231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17231;
$custom-light: #d99b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62755,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17231

secondary

#82AACC

accent

#9CE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17231

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

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