#C17638#C17638

#C17638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17638
RGB	rgb(193, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 24.11, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 51.37, 62.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0652 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.121 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1869, 24.5828, 6.9485)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17638 #3883C1

analogous

#C1383F #C17638 #C1BB38

triadic

#C17638 #38C176 #7638C1

tetradic

#C17638 #3FC138 #3883C1 #BB38C1

square

#C17638 #3FC138 #3883C1 #BB38C1

split-complementary

#C17638 #38C1BB #383FC1

monochromatic

#623C1C #92592A #C17638 #D29664 #E0B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C17638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C17638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17638

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17638	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99e71',
    500: '#c17638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17638;
$custom-light: #d99e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.153,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63536,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17638

secondary

#8AADCB

accent

#9BDE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17638

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

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