#C18C42#C18C42

#C18C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18C42
RGB	rgb(193, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 12.59, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 48.10, 74.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0326 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.111 73)
XYZ	xyz(32.3558, 30.4895, 9.3341)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18C42 #4277C1

analogous

#C14C42 #C18C42 #B6C142

triadic

#C18C42 #42C18C #8C42C1

tetradic

#C18C42 #42C14C #4277C1 #C142B6

square

#C18C42 #42C14C #4277C1 #C142B6

split-complementary

#C18C42 #42B6C1 #4C42C1

monochromatic

#674A22 #956B31 #C18C42 #D0A870 #DFC49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C18C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C18C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C18C42

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18C42	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ad79',
    500: '#c18c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18c42;
$custom-light: #d8ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.961,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.30487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18C42

secondary

#93ABCC

accent

#88DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18C42

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

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