#B18442#B18442

#B18442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18442
RGB	rgb(177, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 10.04, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 42.85, 76.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0262 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.1 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3677, 26.2450, 8.7775)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18442 #426FB1

analogous

#B14D42 #B18442 #A6B142

triadic

#B18442 #42B184 #8442B1

tetradic

#B18442 #42B14D #426FB1 #B142A6

square

#B18442 #42B14D #426FB1 #B142A6

split-complementary

#B18442 #42A6B1 #4D42B1

monochromatic

#584221 #846331 #B18442 #C7A169 #D8BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B18442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B18442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18442

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18442	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca779',
    500: '#b18442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18442;
$custom-light: #cca779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64396,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18442

secondary

#8BA2C3

accent

#88D552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18442

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

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