#B18A2C#B18A2C

#B18A2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A2C
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 5.44, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 53.42, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0099 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.118 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6763, 27.7078, 6.2728)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A2C #2C53B1

analogous

#B1472C #B18A2C #95B12C

triadic

#B18A2C #2CB18A #8A2CB1

tetradic

#B18A2C #2CB147 #2C53B1 #B12C95

square

#B18A2C #2CB147 #2C53B1 #B12C95

split-complementary

#B18A2C #2C95B1 #472CB1

monochromatic

#4F3E14 #806420 #B18A2C #D2A949 #DEC07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B18A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A2C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A2C	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)

#9B8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6c',
    500: '#b18a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a2c;
$custom-light: #cdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65396,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A2C

secondary

#738BC6

accent

#73E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A2C

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

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