#C17A40#C17A40

#C17A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.115 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A40
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 22.37, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 48.03, 62.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0613 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.115 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8795, 25.6295, 8.2229)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A40 #4087C1

analogous

#C14046 #C17A40 #C1BB40

triadic

#C17A40 #40C17A #7A40C1

tetradic

#C17A40 #46C140 #4087C1 #BB40C1

square

#C17A40 #46C140 #4087C1 #BB40C1

split-complementary

#C17A40 #40C1BB #4046C1

monochromatic

#664021 #945D30 #C17A40 #D09A6E #DFBA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C17A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#C17A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A40

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A40	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.115 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a077',
    500: '#c17a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a40;
$custom-light: #d8a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.977,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64349,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A40

secondary

#92B1CB

accent

#9BDA4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A40

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

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