#B18938#B18938

#B18938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18938
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 6.62, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 48.25, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0148 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.109 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7926, 27.5259, 7.5898)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18938 #3860B1

analogous

#B14C38 #B18938 #9CB138

triadic

#B18938 #38B189 #8938B1

tetradic

#B18938 #38B14C #3860B1 #B1389C

square

#B18938 #38B14C #3860B1 #B1389C

split-complementary

#B18938 #389CB1 #4C38B1

monochromatic

#54411B #836529 #B18938 #CBA65B #DABF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B18938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B18938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18938

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18938	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)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab72',
    500: '#b18938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18938;
$custom-light: #ccab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65295,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18938

secondary

#8197C4

accent

#7CDB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18938

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

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