#B18A28#B18A28

#B18A28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A28
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 5.27, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 54.93, 84.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0089 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.12 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6047, 27.6792, 5.8958)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A28 #284FB1

analogous

#B14628 #B18A28 #93B128

triadic

#B18A28 #28B18A #8A28B1

tetradic

#B18A28 #28B146 #284FB1 #B12893

square

#B18A28 #28B146 #284FB1 #B12893

split-complementary

#B18A28 #2893B1 #4628B1

monochromatic

#4D3C11 #7F631D #B18A28 #D4AB42 #E0C174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B18A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A28

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A28	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6a',
    500: '#b18a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a28;
$custom-light: #cdab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65367,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A28

secondary

#6E87C7

accent

#70E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A28

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

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