#C18A42#C18A42

#C18A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18A42
RGB	rgb(193, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 13.69, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 47.87, 73.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0358 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.111 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0662, 29.9103, 9.2376)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18A42 #4279C1

analogous

#C14A42 #C18A42 #B8C142

triadic

#C18A42 #42C18A #8A42C1

tetradic

#C18A42 #42C14A #4279C1 #C142B8

square

#C18A42 #42C14A #4279C1 #C142B8

split-complementary

#C18A42 #42B8C1 #4A42C1

monochromatic

#674922 #956A31 #C18A42 #D0A770 #DFC39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C18A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C18A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C18A42

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18A42	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ac79',
    500: '#c18a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18a42;
$custom-light: #d8ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.016,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67381,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18A42

secondary

#93ACCC

accent

#8BDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18A42

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

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