#C17E38#C17E38

#C17E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E38
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 19.72, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 51.32, 67.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0522 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.119 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1692, 26.5475, 7.2759)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E38 #387BC1

analogous

#C13A38 #C17E38 #C0C138

triadic

#C17E38 #38C17E #7E38C1

tetradic

#C17E38 #38C13A #387BC1 #C138C0

square

#C17E38 #38C13A #387BC1 #C138C0

split-complementary

#C17E38 #38C0C1 #3A38C1

monochromatic

#62401C #925F2A #C17E38 #D29C64 #E0BB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C17E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#C17E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E38

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E38	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a372',
    500: '#c17e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e38;
$custom-light: #d9a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.657,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64997,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E38

secondary

#8AAACB

accent

#92DE49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E38

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

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