#B18227#B18227

#B18227 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.118 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18227
RGB	rgb(177, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 9.66, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 53.98, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0215 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.118 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4821, 25.4609, 5.4388)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18227 #2756B1

analogous

#B13D27 #B18227 #9BB127

triadic

#B18227 #27B182 #8227B1

tetradic

#B18227 #27B13D #2756B1 #B1279B

square

#B18227 #27B13D #2756B1 #B1279B

split-complementary

#B18227 #279BB1 #3D27B1

monochromatic

#4D3811 #7F5D1C #B18227 #D5A240 #E0BB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B18227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B18227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18227

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18227	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.118 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda668',
    500: '#b18227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18227;
$custom-light: #cda668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18227

secondary

#6D8BC7

accent

#79E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18227

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

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