#C18A37#C18A37

#C18A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18A37
RGB	rgb(193, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 13.07, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 52.55, 75.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0324 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.118 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7725, 29.7928, 7.6909)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18A37 #376EC1

analogous

#C14537 #C18A37 #B3C137

triadic

#C18A37 #37C18A #8A37C1

tetradic

#C18A37 #37C145 #376EC1 #C137B3

square

#C18A37 #37C145 #376EC1 #C137B3

split-complementary

#C18A37 #37B3C1 #4537C1

monochromatic

#62461C #916829 #C18A37 #D2A663 #E0C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C18A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C18A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18A37

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18A37	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ac72',
    500: '#c18a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18a37;
$custom-light: #d8ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18A37

secondary

#89A3CB

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18A37

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

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