#B18A26#B18A26

#B18A26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A26
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 5.19, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 55.65, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0085 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.121 86)
XYZ	xyz(27.5715, 27.6660, 5.7212)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A26 #264DB1

analogous

#B14426 #B18A26 #93B126

triadic

#B18A26 #26B18A #8A26B1

tetradic

#B18A26 #26B144 #264DB1 #B12693

square

#B18A26 #26B144 #264DB1 #B12693

split-complementary

#B18A26 #2693B1 #4426B1

monochromatic

#4C3B10 #7F631B #B18A26 #D6AB3F #E0C171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B18A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A26

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A26	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9C8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab69',
    500: '#b18a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a26;
$custom-light: #cdab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65353,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.27664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A26

secondary

#6B85C7

accent

#6FE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A26

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

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