#B18840#B18840

#B18840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18840
RGB	rgb(177, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 7.68, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 44.46, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.019 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.103 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8626, 27.3275, 8.6567)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18840 #4069B1

analogous

#B14F40 #B18840 #A2B140

triadic

#B18840 #40B188 #8840B1

tetradic

#B18840 #40B14F #4069B1 #B140A2

square

#B18840 #40B14F #4069B1 #B140A2

split-complementary

#B18840 #40A2B1 #4F40B1

monochromatic

#57431F #846530 #B18840 #C8A466 #D8BF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B18840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B18840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18840

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18840	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaa77',
    500: '#b18840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18840;
$custom-light: #ccaa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.23,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18840

secondary

#899EC3

accent

#82D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18840

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

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