#B18939#B18939

#B18939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18939
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 6.68, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 47.81, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0151 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.108 82)
XYZ	xyz(27.8173, 27.5357, 7.7199)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18939 #3961B1

analogous

#B14D39 #B18939 #9DB139

triadic

#B18939 #39B189 #8939B1

tetradic

#B18939 #39B14D #3961B1 #B1399D

square

#B18939 #39B14D #3961B1 #B1399D

split-complementary

#B18939 #399DB1 #4D39B1

monochromatic

#54411B #83652A #B18939 #CBA65D #DABF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B18939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B18939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18939

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18939	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab73',
    500: '#b18939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18939;
$custom-light: #ccab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65305,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.27534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18939

secondary

#8298C4

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18939

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

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