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#c1925a

a balanced, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Peru

Token name suggestion: Signal Clay

RGB
193, 146, 90
HSL
33°, 45%, 56%
CMYK
0, 24, 53, 24
Luminance
0.3263

#c1925a is a balanced vivid orange, 33° on the wheel and 2/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.53:1). As text it scores 2.79:1 on white — use #9A6E3A instead. Nearest name is Peru, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(33 45% 56%)rgb(193 146 90)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c1925a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c1925a
Hue
33°
orange
Saturation
45%
vivid
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3263
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
2/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.53:1
Closest name
Peru
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
38.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.693
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 13
Web-safe
#CC9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue33° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c1925a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool2% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red35%
Green63%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c1925a
HEX (8-digit)#c1925aff
RGBrgb(193, 146, 90)
RGBArgba(193, 146, 90, 1)
HSLhsl(33, 45%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33, 53%, 76%)
HWBhwb(33 35% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 53%, 24%)
LABlab(63.9 11.1 36.3)
LCHlch(63.9 38.0 73.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.693 0.092 70.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.12, 32.64, 14.17)
Decimal12685914
Display P3color(display-p3 0.757 0.573 0.353)
Web-safe#CC9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c1925a;
background-color: #c1925a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c1925a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c1925a] bg-[#c1925a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c1925a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.757, green: 0.573, blue: 0.353)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.757, green: 0.573, blue: 0.353, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C1925A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC1925A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC1925A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(90, 146, 193)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(193, 146, 90)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(193, 146, 90)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 193, 146, 90)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7569f, 0.5725f, 0.3529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{193,146,90}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c1925a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c1925a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D4223, #EEE2D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c1925a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF8F5;
  --brand-100: #F5F0EA;
  --brand-200: #EBDFD1;
  --brand-300: #E0C9AD;
  --brand-400: #D1AE85;
  --brand-500: #c1925a;
  --brand-600: #B27F43;
  --brand-700: #946A38;
  --brand-800: #77552D;
  --brand-900: #573F24;
  --brand-950: #362816;
  --brand: #c1925a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #E9D8C4;
  --brand-hover: #B48144;
  --brand-pressed: #9A6E3A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241D14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE2D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF8F5',
        100: '#F5F0EA',
        200: '#EBDFD1',
        300: '#E0C9AD',
        400: '#D1AE85',
        500: '#c1925a',
        600: '#B27F43',
        700: '#946A38',
        800: '#77552D',
        900: '#573F24',
        950: '#362816',
        DEFAULT: '#c1925a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF8F5,
  '100': #F5F0EA,
  '200': #EBDFD1,
  '300': #E0C9AD,
  '400': #D1AE85,
  '500': #c1925a,
  '600': #B27F43,
  '700': #946A38,
  '800': #77552D,
  '900': #573F24,
  '950': #362816,
);
$brand-base: #c1925a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F0EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBDFD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0C9AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D1AE85", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#c1925a", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B27F43", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#946A38", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#77552D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#573F24", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#362816", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #c1925a · 7.53:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.79:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.53:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c1925a as text scores 2.79:1 on white and 7.53:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5D4223 at 3.32:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#9A6E3A · 4.50:1
AA on white−14% L
#9A6E3A
The quick fox
#71512A · 7.21:1
AAA on white−25% L
#71512A
The quick fox
#c1925a · 7.53:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c1925a
The quick fox
#c1925a · 7.53:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c1925a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BD8B4F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c1925a on white: 2.79:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c1925a on black: 7.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c1925a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c1925a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.79:1AaAa
Slate 502.67:1AaAa
Slate 1002.55:1AaAa
Slate 2002.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.88:1AaAa
Slate 4001.09:1AaAa
Slate 5001.71:1AaAa
Slate 6002.72:1AaAa
Slate 7003.71:1AaAa
Slate 8005.24:1AaAa
Slate 9006.40:1AaAa
Black7.53:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A29455
deuteranopia · #AD9F5B
tritanopia · #D08784

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c1925a is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF8F5
#F5F0EA
#EBDFD1
#E0C9AD
#D1AE85
#c1925a
#B27F43
#946A38
#77552D
#573F24
#362816
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FAF8F5Darkest = 950 · #362816Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.023 70.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 70.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.056 70.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 70.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.085 70.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 70.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 70.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.087 70.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.078 70.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.065 70.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.051 70.2);
}

Colors that work with #c1925a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF8F4
Tinted page background
Border#E9D8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B764B
Captions on the surface
Accent#337B99
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D4223
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8F3EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241D14
Dark-mode background
Hover#B48144
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9A6E3A
Two steps down
Disabled#D2C7B9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D19D5F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c1925a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5D4223
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BD8B4F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight45/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#5A89C1
Analogous left#C15E5A
Analogous right#BDC15A
Split-complement 1#5ABDC1
Split-complement 2#5E5AC1
Triadic 1#5AC192
Triadic 2#925AC1
Tetradic#5AC15E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°33°

#c1925a sits at 33°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.7%
Green57.3%
Blue35.3%
R · 0–255
193
0xc1
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
90
0x5a

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta24.4%
Yellow53.4%
Key (black)24.3%

Total ink coverage is 102%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c1925a text on a black background

contrast 7.53:1

Card sample

#c1925a text on a white background

contrast 2.79:1

Card sample

#c1925a on grey

2.55:1

#c1925a on its own surface

2.63:1

#c1925a on its dark surface

5.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c1925a;
Background color
Panel with #c1925a background
background-color: #c1925a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c1925a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(193, 146, 90, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(193, 146, 90, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c1925a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c1925a, #ABC15A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c1925a, #92C15A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c1925a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c1925a;
caret-color: #c1925a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c1925a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8F3EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c1925a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c1925a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c1925a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(193, 146, 90, 0.5)
rgb(193 146 90 / 50%)
#c1925a80
hsl(33 45% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c1925a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c1925a1a#F9F4EF
20%#c1925a33#F3E9DE
40%#c1925a66#E6D3BD
60%#c1925a99#DABE9C
80%#c1925acc#CDA87B

Gradients from #c1925a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D2AF86, #c1925a 45%, #5D4223);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c1925a, #96B845);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c1925a, #5A89C1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DABE9D 0%, #c1925a 45%, #5D4223 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF8F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CF7F82 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BEC970 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D4223 0%, transparent 65%), #c1925a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c1925a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#c1925a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.53:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c1925a, answered

What color is #c1925a?

#c1925a is a balanced vivid orange, closest to Peru (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 33° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #c1925a?

rgb(193, 146, 90) — 193 red, 146 green and 90 blue out of 255, or 75.7% / 57.3% / 35.3% by channel.

What is #c1925a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(33, 45%, 56%) and hsv(33, 53%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c1925a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3263 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 7.53:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c1925a?

Black. It scores 7.53:1 against #c1925a, versus 2.79:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c1925a accessible on a white background?

#c1925a on white scores 2.79:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #9A6E3A to reach 4.5:1, or #71512A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c1925a?

#5A89C1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5ABDC1 and #5E5AC1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c1925a?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #E9D8C4 for borders, #9B764B for secondary text, #337B99 as an accent and #5D4223 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C15E5A and #BDC15A stays calm, while #5A89C1 is the loudest partner.

What is #c1925a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 24%, 53%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c1925a warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 2 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C8976D; nudged cooler, #C3BA58.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c1925a?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 13 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c1925a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c1925a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c1925a] or text-[#c1925a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c1925a with 50% opacity?

rgba(193, 146, 90, 0.5), or #c1925a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0C9AD; over black, #61492D.

Is #c1925a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9966, ΔE2000 3.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c1925a mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c1925a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D2AF86, #c1925a 45%, #5D4223). For more colour, a short hue run to #96B845 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c1925a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c1925a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.