#C17A23#C17A23

#C17A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.130 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A23
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 81.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 21.03, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 59.12, 69.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0532 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.13 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2577, 25.3808, 4.9479)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A23 #236AC1

analogous

#C12B23 #C17A23 #B9C123

triadic

#C17A23 #23C17A #7A23C1

tetradic

#C17A23 #23C12B #236AC1 #C123B9

square

#C17A23 #23C12B #236AC1 #C123B9

split-complementary

#C17A23 #23B9C1 #2B23C1

monochromatic

#593910 #8D591A #C17A23 #DD9844 #E6B578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C17A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#C17A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A23

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A23	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.130 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa066',
    500: '#c17a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a23;
$custom-light: #daa066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.038,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64087,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A23

secondary

#729BCE

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A23

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

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