#B18848#B18848

#B18848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.096 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18848
RGB	rgb(177, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 8.26, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 40.73, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0218 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.096 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1068, 27.4252, 9.9428)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18848 #4871B1

analogous

#B15348 #B18848 #A6B148

triadic

#B18848 #48B188 #8848B1

tetradic

#B18848 #48B153 #4871B1 #B148A6

square

#B18848 #48B153 #4871B1 #B148A6

split-complementary

#B18848 #48A6B1 #5348B1

monochromatic

#5A4525 #856736 #B18848 #C5A471 #D7C09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B18848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B18848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18848

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18848	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.096 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa7d',
    500: '#b18848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18848;
$custom-light: #cbaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65277,
    "c": 0.09594,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18848

secondary

#91A5C3

accent

#86D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18848

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

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