#C17540#C17540

#C17540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17540
RGB	rgb(193, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 25.11, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 48.24, 58.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0695 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.117 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2813, 24.4331, 8.0235)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17540 #408CC1

analogous

#C1404B #C17540 #C1B540

triadic

#C17540 #40C175 #7540C1

tetradic

#C17540 #4BC140 #408CC1 #B540C1

square

#C17540 #4BC140 #408CC1 #B540C1

split-complementary

#C17540 #40C1B5 #404BC1

monochromatic

#663D21 #945930 #C17540 #D0966E #DFB89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C17540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C17540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17540

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17540	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99d77',
    500: '#c17540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17540;
$custom-light: #d99d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.651,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17540

secondary

#92B4CB

accent

#A0DA4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17540

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

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