#C18E2B#C18E2B

#C18E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C18E2B
RGB	rgb(193, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 77.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 10.32, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 57.72, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0229 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.126 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1036, 30.8604, 6.5509)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C18E2B #2B5EC1

analogous

#C1432B #C18E2B #A9C12B

triadic

#C18E2B #2BC18E #8E2BC1

tetradic

#C18E2B #2BC143 #2B5EC1 #C12BA9

square

#C18E2B #2BC143 #2B5EC1 #C12BA9

split-complementary

#C18E2B #2BA9C1 #432BC1

monochromatic

#5D4415 #8F6920 #C18E2B #D8AA51 #E3C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C18E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C18E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C18E2B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C18E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C18E2B	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c18e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae6c',
    500: '#c18e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c18e2b;
$custom-light: #d9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c18e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67956,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C18E2B

secondary

#7B97CC

accent

#79E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C18E2B

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

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