#B18231#B18231

#B18231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.112 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18231
RGB	rgb(177, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 10.12, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 50.04, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0241 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.112 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6702, 25.5362, 6.4294)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18231 #3160B1

analogous

#B14231 #B18231 #A0B131

triadic

#B18231 #31B182 #8231B1

tetradic

#B18231 #31B142 #3160B1 #B131A0

square

#B18231 #31B142 #3160B1 #B131A0

split-complementary

#B18231 #31A0B1 #4231B1

monochromatic

#513C16 #815F24 #B18231 #CFA051 #DCBA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B18231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B18231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18231

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18231	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.112 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda66e',
    500: '#b18231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18231;
$custom-light: #cda66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63816,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18231

secondary

#7995C5

accent

#80E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18231

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

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