#C17E45#C17E45

#C17E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E45
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 69)
HSL	hsl(28, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 20.49, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 45.92, 63.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0564 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.111 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5295, 26.6916, 9.1732)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E45 #4588C1

analogous

#C1454A #C17E45 #C1BC45

triadic

#C17E45 #45C17E #7E45C1

tetradic

#C17E45 #4AC145 #4588C1 #BC45C1

square

#C17E45 #4AC145 #4588C1 #BC45C1

split-complementary

#C17E45 #45C1BC #454AC1

monochromatic

#694323 #976032 #C17E45 #D09E73 #E0BEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C17E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#C17E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E45

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E45	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a37a',
    500: '#c17e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e45;
$custom-light: #d8a37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.581,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E45

secondary

#96B3CC

accent

#9ADA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E45

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

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