#C17A35#C17A35

#C17A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A35
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 21.77, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 52.49, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0578 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.121 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5968, 25.5164, 6.7339)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A35 #357CC1

analogous

#C13536 #C17A35 #C1C035

triadic

#C17A35 #35C17A #7A35C1

tetradic

#C17A35 #36C135 #357CC1 #C035C1

square

#C17A35 #36C135 #357CC1 #C035C1

split-complementary

#C17A35 #35C1C0 #3536C1

monochromatic

#613D1B #915C28 #C17A35 #D39960 #E0B890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C17A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#C17A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A35

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A35	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a070',
    500: '#c17a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a35;
$custom-light: #d9a070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A35

secondary

#87A9CB

accent

#95E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A35

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

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