#B18A25#B18A25

#B18A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.122 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A25
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 5.15, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 56.01, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0083 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.122 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5556, 27.6596, 5.6374)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A25 #254CB1

analogous

#B14425 #B18A25 #92B125

triadic

#B18A25 #25B18A #8A25B1

tetradic

#B18A25 #25B144 #254CB1 #B12592

square

#B18A25 #25B144 #254CB1 #B12592

split-complementary

#B18A25 #2592B1 #4425B1

monochromatic

#4C3B10 #7E631A #B18A25 #D6AC3D #E1C16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B18A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B18A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A25

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A25	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.122 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab68',
    500: '#b18a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a25;
$custom-light: #cdab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65347,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A25

secondary

#6A84C8

accent

#6EE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A25

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

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