#B18437#B18437

#B18437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.108 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18437
RGB	rgb(177, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 9.34, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 47.79, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0226 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.108 78)
XYZ	xyz(27.0740, 26.1275, 7.2308)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18437 #3764B1

analogous

#B14737 #B18437 #A1B137

triadic

#B18437 #37B184 #8437B1

tetradic

#B18437 #37B147 #3764B1 #B137A1

square

#B18437 #37B147 #3764B1 #B137A1

split-complementary

#B18437 #37A1B1 #4737B1

monochromatic

#543E1A #826128 #B18437 #CCA25A #DABC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B18437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B18437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18437

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18437	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.108 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca772',
    500: '#b18437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18437;
$custom-light: #cca772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64273,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.26125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18437

secondary

#8099C4

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18437

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

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