#C17240#C17240

#C17240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17240
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 26.74, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 48.45, 56.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0744 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.119 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9373, 23.7452, 7.9088)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17240 #408FC1

analogous

#C1404E #C17240 #C1B340

triadic

#C17240 #40C172 #7240C1

tetradic

#C17240 #4EC140 #408FC1 #B340C1

square

#C17240 #4EC140 #408FC1 #B340C1

split-complementary

#C17240 #40C1B3 #404EC1

monochromatic

#663C21 #945730 #C17240 #D0946E #DFB69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C17240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C17240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17240

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17240	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99b76',
    500: '#c17240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17240;
$custom-light: #d99b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.256,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62919,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17240

secondary

#92B5CB

accent

#A4DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17240

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

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