#C18C40#C18C40

#C18C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18C40
RGB	rgb(193, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 12.47, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 48.98, 75.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0319 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.113 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2979, 30.4663, 9.0290)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18C40 #4075C1

analogous

#C14B40 #C18C40 #B5C140

triadic

#C18C40 #40C18C #8C40C1

tetradic

#C18C40 #40C14B #4075C1 #C140B5

square

#C18C40 #40C14B #4075C1 #C140B5

split-complementary

#C18C40 #40B5C1 #4B40C1

monochromatic

#664921 #946B30 #C18C40 #D0A86E #DFC49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C18C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C18C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C18C40

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18C40	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ad78',
    500: '#c18c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18c40;
$custom-light: #d8ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.349,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67748,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18C40

secondary

#92A9CB

accent

#87DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18C40

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

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