#B18948#B18948

#B18948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.096 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18948
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 7.71, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 40.91, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0202 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.096 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2483, 27.7082, 9.9900)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18948 #4870B1

analogous

#B15548 #B18948 #A5B148

triadic

#B18948 #48B189 #8948B1

tetradic

#B18948 #48B155 #4870B1 #B148A5

square

#B18948 #48B155 #4870B1 #B148A5

split-complementary

#B18948 #48A5B1 #5548B1

monochromatic

#5A4625 #856736 #B18948 #C5A571 #D7C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B18948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18948

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18948	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.096 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab7d',
    500: '#b18948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18948;
$custom-light: #cbab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18948

secondary

#91A4C3

accent

#85D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18948

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

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