#C17938#C17938

#C17938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17938
RGB	rgb(193, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 22.47, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 51.30, 64.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0603 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.12 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5458, 25.3006, 7.0681)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17938 #3880C1

analogous

#C1383C #C17938 #C1BE38

triadic

#C17938 #38C179 #7938C1

tetradic

#C17938 #3CC138 #3880C1 #BE38C1

square

#C17938 #3CC138 #3880C1 #BE38C1

split-complementary

#C17938 #38C1BE #383CC1

monochromatic

#623E1C #925B2A #C17938 #D29864 #E0B894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C17938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#C17938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17938

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17938	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a072',
    500: '#c17938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17938;
$custom-light: #d9a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.467,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64078,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17938

secondary

#8AACCB

accent

#98DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17938

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

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