#C18B42#C18B42

#C18B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18B42
RGB	rgb(193, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 13.14, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 47.98, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0342 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.111 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2104, 30.1986, 9.2856)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18B42 #4278C1

analogous

#C14B42 #C18B42 #B8C142

triadic

#C18B42 #42C18B #8B42C1

tetradic

#C18B42 #42C14B #4278C1 #C142B8

square

#C18B42 #42C14B #4278C1 #C142B8

split-complementary

#C18B42 #42B8C1 #4B42C1

monochromatic

#674922 #956A31 #C18B42 #D0A770 #DFC49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C18B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C18B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C18B42

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18B42	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ac79',
    500: '#c18b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18b42;
$custom-light: #d8ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.488,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67575,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18B42

secondary

#93ABCC

accent

#89DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18B42

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

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