#C17A38#C17A38

#C17A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A38
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 21.92, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 51.29, 64.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0587 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.12 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6680, 25.5449, 7.1088)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A38 #387FC1

analogous

#C1383B #C17A38 #C1BF38

triadic

#C17A38 #38C17A #7A38C1

tetradic

#C17A38 #3BC138 #387FC1 #BF38C1

square

#C17A38 #3BC138 #387FC1 #BF38C1

split-complementary

#C17A38 #38C1BF #383BC1

monochromatic

#623E1C #925C2A #C17A38 #D29964 #E0B894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C17A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C17A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A38

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A38	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a072',
    500: '#c17a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a38;
$custom-light: #d9a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.905,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6426,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A38

secondary

#8AACCB

accent

#97DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A38

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

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