#C17A55#C17A55

#C17A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.103 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17A55
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 85)
HSL	hsl(21, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 23.89, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 39.66, 52.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.069 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.103 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5935, 25.9151, 11.9834)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17A55 #559CC1

analogous

#C15566 #C17A55 #C1B055

triadic

#C17A55 #55C17A #7A55C1

tetradic

#C17A55 #66C155 #559CC1 #B055C1

square

#C17A55 #66C155 #559CC1 #B055C1

split-complementary

#C17A55 #55C1B0 #5566C1

monochromatic

#72422A #9F5D3A #C17A55 #D19D82 #E2C0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#C17A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#C17A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17A55

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17A55	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.103 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a185',
    500: '#c17a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17a55;
$custom-light: #d7a185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.556,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64648,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17A55

secondary

#A2C0D0

accent

#A9D652

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17A55

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

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