#C17C40#C17C40

#C17C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.114 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17C40
RGB	rgb(193, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 21.28, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 48.01, 63.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.058 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.114 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1276, 26.1257, 8.3056)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17C40 #4085C1

analogous

#C14044 #C17C40 #C1BC40

triadic

#C17C40 #40C17C #7C40C1

tetradic

#C17C40 #44C140 #4085C1 #BC40C1

square

#C17C40 #44C140 #4085C1 #BC40C1

split-complementary

#C17C40 #40C1BC #4044C1

monochromatic

#664121 #945E30 #C17C40 #D09C6E #DFBB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#C17C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#C17C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17C40

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17C40	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.114 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a277',
    500: '#c17c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17c40;
$custom-light: #d8a277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64715,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17C40

secondary

#92B0CB

accent

#99DA4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17C40

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

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