#B18940#B18940

#B18940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18940
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 7.13, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 44.65, 80.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0174 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.103 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0041, 27.6105, 8.7039)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18940 #4068B1

analogous

#B15140 #B18940 #A1B140

triadic

#B18940 #40B189 #8940B1

tetradic

#B18940 #40B151 #4068B1 #B140A1

square

#B18940 #40B151 #4068B1 #B140A1

split-complementary

#B18940 #40A1B1 #5140B1

monochromatic

#57431F #846630 #B18940 #C8A566 #D8C093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B18940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B18940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18940

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18940	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab78',
    500: '#b18940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18940;
$custom-light: #ccab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.761,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18940

secondary

#899EC3

accent

#80D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18940

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

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