#C17342#C17342

#C17342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17342
RGB	rgb(193, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 26.32, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 47.59, 56.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0735 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.118 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1087, 23.9952, 8.2518)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17342 #4290C1

analogous

#C14250 #C17342 #C1B342

triadic

#C17342 #42C173 #7342C1

tetradic

#C17342 #50C142 #4290C1 #B342C1

square

#C17342 #50C142 #4290C1 #B342C1

split-complementary

#C17342 #42C1B3 #4250C1

monochromatic

#673C22 #955731 #C17342 #D09570 #DFB79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C17342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C17342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17342

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17342	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c78',
    500: '#c17342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17342;
$custom-light: #d99c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.15,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17342

secondary

#93B6CC

accent

#A4DA4E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17342

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

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