#C18231#C18231

#C18231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18231
RGB	rgb(193, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 17.18, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 54.29, 71.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0437 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.122 69)
XYZ	xyz(30.5316, 27.5272, 6.6104)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18231 #3170C1

analogous

#C13A31 #C18231 #B8C131

triadic

#C18231 #31C182 #8231C1

tetradic

#C18231 #31C13A #3170C1 #C131B8

square

#C18231 #31C13A #3170C1 #C131B8

split-complementary

#C18231 #31B8C1 #3A31C1

monochromatic

#5F4018 #906125 #C18231 #D59F5A #E2BC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#C18231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#C18231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18231

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18231	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a66e',
    500: '#c18231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18231;
$custom-light: #d9a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18231

secondary

#82A2CC

accent

#8AE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18231

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

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