#C18538#C18538

#C18538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18538
RGB	rgb(193, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 15.87, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 51.67, 72.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0408 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.118 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0959, 28.4007, 7.5848)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18538 #3874C1

analogous

#C14138 #C18538 #B9C138

triadic

#C18538 #38C185 #8538C1

tetradic

#C18538 #38C141 #3874C1 #C138B9

square

#C18538 #38C141 #3874C1 #C138B9

split-complementary

#C18538 #38B9C1 #4138C1

monochromatic

#62441C #92642A #C18538 #D2A264 #E0BE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C18538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C18538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18538

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18538	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a872',
    500: '#c18538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18538;
$custom-light: #d8a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.723,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66315,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18538

secondary

#8AA6CB

accent

#8BDE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18538

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

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