#C17538#C17538

#C17538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17538
RGB	rgb(193, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 24.66, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 51.41, 61.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0669 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.122 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0698, 24.3485, 6.9094)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17538 #3884C1

analogous

#C13840 #C17538 #C1BA38

triadic

#C17538 #38C175 #7538C1

tetradic

#C17538 #40C138 #3884C1 #BA38C1

square

#C17538 #40C138 #3884C1 #BA38C1

split-complementary

#C17538 #38C1BA #3840C1

monochromatic

#623B1C #92582A #C17538 #D29564 #E0B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C17538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C17538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17538

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17538	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99d71',
    500: '#c17538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17538;
$custom-light: #d99d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.715,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17538

secondary

#8AAECB

accent

#9CDE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17538

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

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