#C17740#C17740

#C17740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17740
RGB	rgb(193, 119, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 24.02, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 48.13, 60.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0662 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.117 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5168, 24.9042, 8.1020)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17740 #408AC1

analogous

#C1404A #C17740 #C1B740

triadic

#C17740 #40C177 #7740C1

tetradic

#C17740 #4AC140 #408AC1 #B740C1

square

#C17740 #4AC140 #408AC1 #B740C1

split-complementary

#C17740 #40C1B7 #404AC1

monochromatic

#663E21 #945B30 #C17740 #D0986E #DFB99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C17740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C17740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17740

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17740	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2686B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 119, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99e77',
    500: '#c17740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17740;
$custom-light: #d99e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.581,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17740

secondary

#92B3CB

accent

#9EDA4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17740

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

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