#C17C38#C17C38

#C17C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17C38
RGB	rgb(193, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 20.82, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 51.29, 66.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0554 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.119 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9161, 26.0411, 7.1915)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17C38 #387DC1

analogous

#C13839 #C17C38 #C1C138

triadic

#C17C38 #38C17C #7C38C1

tetradic

#C17C38 #39C138 #387DC1 #C138C1

square

#C17C38 #39C138 #387DC1 #C138C1

split-complementary

#C17C38 #38C1C1 #3839C1

monochromatic

#623F1C #925E2A #C17C38 #D29B64 #E0B994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C17C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#C17C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17C38

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17C38	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a272',
    500: '#c17c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17c38;
$custom-light: #d9a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.781,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64627,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17C38

secondary

#8AABCB

accent

#94DE49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17C38

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

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