#B18A2A#B18A2A

#B18A2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.119 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A2A
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 5.35, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 54.19, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0094 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.119 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6396, 27.6932, 6.0796)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A2A #2A51B1

analogous

#B1472A #B18A2A #94B12A

triadic

#B18A2A #2AB18A #8A2AB1

tetradic

#B18A2A #2AB147 #2A51B1 #B12A94

square

#B18A2A #2AB147 #2A51B1 #B12A94

split-complementary

#B18A2A #2A94B1 #472AB1

monochromatic

#4E3D13 #80631E #B18A2A #D3AA45 #DFC177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B18A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A2A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A2A	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)

#9B8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.119 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6b',
    500: '#b18a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a2a;
$custom-light: #cdab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A2A

secondary

#7089C6

accent

#72E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A2A

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

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