#B18238#B18238

#B18238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18238
RGB	rgb(177, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 10.51, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 47.05, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0262 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.107 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8296, 25.5999, 7.2688)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18238 #3867B1

analogous

#B14538 #B18238 #A3B138

triadic

#B18238 #38B182 #8238B1

tetradic

#B18238 #38B145 #3867B1 #B138A3

square

#B18238 #38B145 #3867B1 #B138A3

split-complementary

#B18238 #38A3B1 #4538B1

monochromatic

#543E1B #836029 #B18238 #CBA05B #DABB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B18238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B18238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18238

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18238	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca672',
    500: '#b18238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18238;
$custom-light: #cca672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.694,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63883,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18238

secondary

#819BC4

accent

#84DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18238

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

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