#C17E48#C17E48

#C17E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E48
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 72)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 20.70, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 44.67, 62.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0575 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.109 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6250, 26.7298, 9.6761)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E48 #488BC1

analogous

#C1484F #C17E48 #C1BB48

triadic

#C17E48 #48C17E #7E48C1

tetradic

#C17E48 #4FC148 #488BC1 #BB48C1

square

#C17E48 #4FC148 #488BC1 #BB48C1

split-complementary

#C17E48 #48C1BB #484FC1

monochromatic

#6B4424 #986034 #C17E48 #D09E76 #E0BEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C17E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#C17E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E48

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E48	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a37c',
    500: '#c17e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e48;
$custom-light: #d8a37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.777,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E48

secondary

#98B5CD

accent

#9BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E48

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

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