#C18A35#C18A35

#C18A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.120 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18A35
RGB	rgb(193, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 12.96, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 53.37, 75.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0319 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.12 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7256, 29.7740, 7.4435)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18A35 #356CC1

analogous

#C14435 #C18A35 #B2C135

triadic

#C18A35 #35C18A #8A35C1

tetradic

#C18A35 #35C144 #356CC1 #C135B2

square

#C18A35 #35C144 #356CC1 #C135B2

split-complementary

#C18A35 #35B2C1 #4435C1

monochromatic

#61451B #916828 #C18A35 #D3A660 #E0C190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C18A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C18A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18A35

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18A35	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.120 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ac71',
    500: '#c18a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18a35;
$custom-light: #d8ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67251,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18A35

secondary

#87A2CB

accent

#84E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18A35

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

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