#B18937#B18937

#B18937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18937
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 6.56, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 48.68, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0145 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.11 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7684, 27.5162, 7.4623)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18937 #375FB1

analogous

#B14C37 #B18937 #9CB137

triadic

#B18937 #37B189 #8937B1

tetradic

#B18937 #37B14C #375FB1 #B1379C

square

#B18937 #37B14C #375FB1 #B1379C

split-complementary

#B18937 #379CB1 #4C37B1

monochromatic

#54411A #826528 #B18937 #CCA65A #DABF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B18937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B18937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18937

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18937	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab72',
    500: '#b18937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18937;
$custom-light: #ccab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65286,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18937

secondary

#8096C4

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18937

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

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