#C17A4E#C17A4E

#C17A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.107 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A4E
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 78)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 59.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 23.33, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 42.36, 56.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0663 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.107 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3291, 25.8093, 10.5906)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A4E #4E95C1

analogous

#C14E5B #C17A4E #C1B44E

triadic

#C17A4E #4EC17A #7A4EC1

tetradic

#C17A4E #5BC14E #4E95C1 #B44EC1

square

#C17A4E #5BC14E #4E95C1 #B44EC1

split-complementary

#C17A4E #4EC1B4 #4E5BC1

monochromatic

#6E4227 #9B5D36 #C17A4E #D19C7B #E1BEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C17A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#C17A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A4E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A4E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.107 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a180',
    500: '#c17a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a4e;
$custom-light: #d8a180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64537,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A4E

secondary

#9DBBCE

accent

#A4D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A4E

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

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