#B18921#B18921

#B18921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18921
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 81.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 5.56, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 57.17, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.009 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.123 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3534, 27.3502, 5.2770)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18921 #2149B1

analogous

#B14121 #B18921 #91B121

triadic

#B18921 #21B189 #8921B1

tetradic

#B18921 #21B141 #2149B1 #B12191

square

#B18921 #21B141 #2149B1 #B12191

split-complementary

#B18921 #2191B1 #4121B1

monochromatic

#4A390E #7D6117 #B18921 #D9AC36 #E3C169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B18921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B18921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18921

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18921	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)

#9B8907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab66',
    500: '#b18921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18921;
$custom-light: #cdab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65118,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18921

secondary

#6581C9

accent

#6DEB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18921

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

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