#C18221#C18221

#C18221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.130 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18221
RGB	rgb(193, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 82.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 16.57, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 59.99, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.04 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.13 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2518, 27.4153, 5.1370)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18221 #2160C1

analogous

#C13221 #C18221 #B0C121

triadic

#C18221 #21C182 #8221C1

tetradic

#C18221 #21C132 #2160C1 #C121B0

square

#C18221 #21C132 #2160C1 #C121B0

split-complementary

#C18221 #21B0C1 #3221C1

monochromatic

#583C0F #8D5F18 #C18221 #DEA041 #E7BA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C18221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C18221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18221

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18221	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.130 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a666',
    500: '#c18221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18221;
$custom-light: #d9a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.375,
    "s": 70.796,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6557,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18221

secondary

#6F95CF

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18221

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

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