#B18638#B18638

#B18638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.108 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18638
RGB	rgb(177, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 8.28, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 47.69, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.0197 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.108 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3720, 26.6848, 7.4496)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18638 #3863B1

analogous

#B14A38 #B18638 #9FB138

triadic

#B18638 #38B186 #8638B1

tetradic

#B18638 #38B14A #3863B1 #B1389F

square

#B18638 #38B14A #3863B1 #B1389F

split-complementary

#B18638 #389FB1 #4A38B1

monochromatic

#54401B #836329 #B18638 #CBA35B #DABD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B18638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B18638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18638

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18638	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.108 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca972',
    500: '#b18638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18638;
$custom-light: #cca972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.678,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18638

secondary

#8199C4

accent

#7FDB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18638

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

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