#C17A50#C17A50

#C17A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.106 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A50
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 80)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 58.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 23.48, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 41.58, 55.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0671 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.106 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4019, 25.8385, 10.9740)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A50 #5097C1

analogous

#C1505E #C17A50 #C1B250

triadic

#C17A50 #50C17A #7A50C1

tetradic

#C17A50 #5EC150 #5097C1 #B250C1

square

#C17A50 #5EC150 #5097C1 #B250C1

split-complementary

#C17A50 #50C1B2 #505EC1

monochromatic

#6F4227 #9C5D37 #C17A50 #D19C7D #E1BFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C17A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#C17A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A50

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A50	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.106 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a182',
    500: '#c17a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a50;
$custom-light: #d8a182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.301,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64568,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A50

secondary

#9EBDCF

accent

#A5D751

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A50

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

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