#B18955#B18955

#B18955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.085 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18955
RGB	rgb(177, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 8.81, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 34.71, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0251 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.085 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7181, 27.8961, 12.4644)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18955 #557DB1

analogous

#B15B55 #B18955 #ABB155

triadic

#B18955 #55B189 #8955B1

tetradic

#B18955 #55B15B #557DB1 #B155AB

square

#B18955 #55B15B #557DB1 #B155AB

split-complementary

#B18955 #55ABB1 #5B55B1

monochromatic

#60492C #8A693F #B18955 #C4A67F #D7C3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B18955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18955

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18955	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.085 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab86',
    500: '#b18955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18955;
$custom-light: #cbab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65668,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18955

secondary

#9DAEC5

accent

#8CCD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18955

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

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