#C17E40#C17E40

#C17E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E40
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 20.18, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 48.01, 65.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0547 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.114 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3808, 26.6321, 8.3900)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E40 #4083C1

analogous

#C14043 #C17E40 #C1BE40

triadic

#C17E40 #40C17E #7E40C1

tetradic

#C17E40 #43C140 #4083C1 #BE40C1

square

#C17E40 #43C140 #4083C1 #BE40C1

split-complementary

#C17E40 #40C1BE #4043C1

monochromatic

#664221 #946030 #C17E40 #D09D6E #DFBC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C17E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#C17E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E40

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E40	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a377',
    500: '#c17e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e40;
$custom-light: #d8a377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.837,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E40

secondary

#92B0CB

accent

#97DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E40

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

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