#B18138#B18138

#B18138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18138
RGB	rgb(177, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 11.07, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 46.91, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0278 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.107 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6972, 25.3352, 7.2247)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18138 #3868B1

analogous

#B14438 #B18138 #A4B138

triadic

#B18138 #38B181 #8138B1

tetradic

#B18138 #38B144 #3868B1 #B138A4

square

#B18138 #38B144 #3868B1 #B138A4

split-complementary

#B18138 #38A4B1 #4438B1

monochromatic

#543D1B #835F29 #B18138 #CB9F5B #DABA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B18138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B18138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18138

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18138	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca572',
    500: '#b18138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18138;
$custom-light: #cca572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63684,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18138

secondary

#819BC4

accent

#85DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18138

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

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