#C17E62#C17E62

#C17E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E62
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 98)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 22.86, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 34.56, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0675 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.093 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6595, 27.1436, 15.1247)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E62 #62A5C1

analogous

#C16276 #C17E62 #C1AE62

triadic

#C17E62 #62C17E #7E62C1

tetradic

#C17E62 #76C162 #62A5C1 #AE62C1

square

#C17E62 #76C162 #62A5C1 #AE62C1

split-complementary

#C17E62 #62C1AE #6276C1

monochromatic

#794530 #A55E41 #C17E62 #D2A28E #E4C6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C17E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C17E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E62

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E62	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a48f',
    500: '#c17e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e62;
$custom-light: #d7a48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.684,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65605,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E62

secondary

#ACC7D3

accent

#AED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E62

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

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