#C17440#C17440

#C17440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.118 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17440
RGB	rgb(193, 116, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 25.66, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 48.30, 57.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0711 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.118 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1654, 24.2013, 7.9848)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17440 #408DC1

analogous

#C1404C #C17440 #C1B440

triadic

#C17440 #40C174 #7440C1

tetradic

#C17440 #4CC140 #408DC1 #B440C1

square

#C17440 #4CC140 #408DC1 #B440C1

split-complementary

#C17440 #40C1B4 #404CC1

monochromatic

#663D21 #945830 #C17440 #D0966E #DFB79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C17440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C17440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17440

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17440	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 116, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c77',
    500: '#c17440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17440;
$custom-light: #d99c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.186,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17440

secondary

#92B4CB

accent

#A2DA4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17440

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

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