#C17238#C17238

#C17238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.123 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17238
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 26.29, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 51.58, 59.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0718 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.123 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7258, 23.6606, 6.7948)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17238 #3887C1

analogous

#C13843 #C17238 #C1B738

triadic

#C17238 #38C172 #7238C1

tetradic

#C17238 #43C138 #3887C1 #B738C1

square

#C17238 #43C138 #3887C1 #B738C1

split-complementary

#C17238 #38C1B7 #3843C1

monochromatic

#623A1C #92562A #C17238 #D29364 #E0B494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C17238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C17238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17238

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17238	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.123 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99b71',
    500: '#c17238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17238;
$custom-light: #d99b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.401,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62825,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17238

secondary

#8AAFCB

accent

#9FDE49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17238

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →