#C17A42#C17A42

#C17A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.114 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A42
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 22.50, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 47.21, 61.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.062 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.114 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9374, 25.6527, 8.5280)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A42 #4289C1

analogous

#C14249 #C17A42 #C1BA42

triadic

#C17A42 #42C17A #7A42C1

tetradic

#C17A42 #49C142 #4289C1 #BA42C1

square

#C17A42 #49C142 #4289C1 #BA42C1

split-complementary

#C17A42 #42C1BA #4249C1

monochromatic

#674022 #955D31 #C17A42 #D09A70 #DFBB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C17A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#C17A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A42

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A42	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)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.114 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a078',
    500: '#c17a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a42;
$custom-light: #d8a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.457,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64373,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A42

secondary

#93B3CC

accent

#9CDA4E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A42

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

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