#C17738#C17738

#C17738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.121 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17738
RGB	rgb(193, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 23.56, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 51.34, 62.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.0636 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.121 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3053, 24.8195, 6.9879)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17738 #3882C1

analogous

#C1383E #C17738 #C1BC38

triadic

#C17738 #38C177 #7738C1

tetradic

#C17738 #3EC138 #3882C1 #BC38C1

square

#C17738 #3EC138 #3882C1 #BC38C1

split-complementary

#C17738 #38C1BC #383EC1

monochromatic

#623D1C #925A2A #C17738 #D29764 #E0B794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C17738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C17738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17738

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17738	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.121 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99e71',
    500: '#c17738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17738;
$custom-light: #d99e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.591,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63716,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17738

secondary

#8AADCB

accent

#9ADE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17738

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

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