#C17557#C17557

#C17557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17557
RGB	rgb(193, 117, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 26.79, 29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 39.58, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0781 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.105 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0759, 24.7510, 12.2084)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17557 #57A3C1

analogous

#C1576E #C17557 #C1AA57

triadic

#C17557 #57C175 #7557C1

tetradic

#C17557 #6EC157 #57A3C1 #AA57C1

square

#C17557 #6EC157 #57A3C1 #AA57C1

split-complementary

#C17557 #57C1AA #576EC1

monochromatic

#733F2A #A0583B #C17557 #D19A84 #E2BEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C17557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C17557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17557

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17557	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 117, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79d87',
    500: '#c17557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17557;
$custom-light: #d79d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63791,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17557

secondary

#A4C4D0

accent

#B0D652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17557

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

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