#C17438#C17438

#C17438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17438
RGB	rgb(193, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 25.20, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 51.46, 60.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0685 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.122 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9539, 24.1167, 6.8708)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17438 #3885C1

analogous

#C13841 #C17438 #C1B938

triadic

#C17438 #38C174 #7438C1

tetradic

#C17438 #41C138 #3885C1 #B938C1

square

#C17438 #41C138 #3885C1 #B938C1

split-complementary

#C17438 #38C1B9 #3841C1

monochromatic

#623B1C #92572A #C17438 #D29464 #E0B594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C17438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C17438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17438

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17438	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c71',
    500: '#c17438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17438;
$custom-light: #d99c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.277,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63179,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17438

secondary

#8AAECB

accent

#9DDE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17438

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

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