#C17656#C17656

#C17656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17656
RGB	rgb(193, 118, 86)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 55.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 26.16, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 39.77, 48.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.076 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.105 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1525, 24.9690, 12.0338)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17656 #56A1C1

analogous

#C1566C #C17656 #C1AC56

triadic

#C17656 #56C176 #7656C1

tetradic

#C17656 #6CC156 #56A1C1 #AC56C1

square

#C17656 #6CC156 #56A1C1 #AC56C1

split-complementary

#C17656 #56C1AC #566CC1

monochromatic

#73402A #9F593A #C17656 #D19A83 #E2BFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C17656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#C17656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17656

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17656	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 118, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79e86',
    500: '#c17656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17656;
$custom-light: #d79e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.944,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6395,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17656

secondary

#A3C2D0

accent

#AED652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17656

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

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