#B18428#B18428

#B18428 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18428
RGB	rgb(177, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 8.59, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 53.90, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0185 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.118 81)
XYZ	xyz(26.7675, 26.0049, 5.6167)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18428 #2855B1

analogous

#B13F28 #B18428 #9AB128

triadic

#B18428 #28B184 #8428B1

tetradic

#B18428 #28B13F #2855B1 #B1289A

square

#B18428 #28B13F #2855B1 #B1289A

split-complementary

#B18428 #289AB1 #3F28B1

monochromatic

#4D3A11 #7F5F1D #B18428 #D4A442 #E0BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B18428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B18428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18428

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18428	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda769',
    500: '#b18428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18428;
$custom-light: #cda769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64145,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18428

secondary

#6E8BC7

accent

#78E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18428

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

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