#B18A1F#B18A1F

#B18A1F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A1F
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 82.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 4.94, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 57.99, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0071 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4690, 27.6250, 5.1814)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A1F #1F46B1

analogous

#B1411F #B18A1F #8FB11F

triadic

#B18A1F #1FB18A #8A1FB1

tetradic

#B18A1F #1FB141 #1F46B1 #B11F8F

square

#B18A1F #1FB141 #1F46B1 #B11F8F

split-complementary

#B18A1F #1F8FB1 #411FB1

monochromatic

#49390D #7D6116 #B18A1F #DBAE32 #E4C366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B18A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B18A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A1F

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A1F	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)

#9C8902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab65',
    500: '#b18a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a1f;
$custom-light: #cdab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65312,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A1F

secondary

#627ECA

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A1F

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

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