#B18A27#B18A27

#B18A27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A27
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 5.23, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 55.29, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0087 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.121 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5879, 27.6725, 5.8073)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A27 #274EB1

analogous

#B14527 #B18A27 #93B127

triadic

#B18A27 #27B18A #8A27B1

tetradic

#B18A27 #27B145 #274EB1 #B12793

square

#B18A27 #27B145 #274EB1 #B12793

split-complementary

#B18A27 #2793B1 #4527B1

monochromatic

#4D3C11 #7F631C #B18A27 #D5AB40 #E0C172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B18A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A27

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A27	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)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab69',
    500: '#b18a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a27;
$custom-light: #cdab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6536,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A27

secondary

#6D86C7

accent

#70E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A27

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

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