#C17B38#C17B38

#C17B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.120 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17B38
RGB	rgb(193, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 21.37, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 51.28, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0571 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.12 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7914, 25.7917, 7.1500)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17B38 #387EC1

analogous

#C1383A #C17B38 #C1C038

triadic

#C17B38 #38C17B #7B38C1

tetradic

#C17B38 #3AC138 #387EC1 #C038C1

square

#C17B38 #3AC138 #387EC1 #C038C1

split-complementary

#C17B38 #38C1C0 #383AC1

monochromatic

#623F1C #925D2A #C17B38 #D29A64 #E0B994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C17B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#C17B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17B38

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17B38	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)

#918130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.120 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a172',
    500: '#c17b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17b38;
$custom-light: #d9a172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.343,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17B38

secondary

#8AABCB

accent

#96DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17B38

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

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