#C17523#C17523

#C17523 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.132 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17523
RGB	rgb(193, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 81.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 23.77, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 59.19, 66.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0613 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.132 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6595, 24.1844, 4.7485)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17523 #236FC1

analogous

#C12623 #C17523 #BEC123

triadic

#C17523 #23C175 #7523C1

tetradic

#C17523 #23C126 #236FC1 #C123BE

square

#C17523 #23C126 #236FC1 #C123BE

split-complementary

#C17523 #23BEC1 #2623C1

monochromatic

#593610 #8D561A #C17523 #DD9444 #E6B178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C17523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C17523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17523

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17523	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)

#8D7C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.132 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9d65',
    500: '#c17523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17523;
$custom-light: #da9d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.139,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63179,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17523

secondary

#729ECE

accent

#91EC3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17523

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

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