#B18A2D#B18A2D

#B18A2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A2D
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 5.49, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 53.03, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0101 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.117 85)
XYZ	xyz(27.6953, 27.7155, 6.3730)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A2D #2D54B1

analogous

#B1482D #B18A2D #96B12D

triadic

#B18A2D #2DB18A #8A2DB1

tetradic

#B18A2D #2DB148 #2D54B1 #B12D96

square

#B18A2D #2DB148 #2D54B1 #B12D96

split-complementary

#B18A2D #2D96B1 #482DB1

monochromatic

#4F3E14 #806421 #B18A2D #D1A94A #DDC07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B18A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A2D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A2D	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)

#9B8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6c',
    500: '#b18a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a2d;
$custom-light: #cdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.27714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A2D

secondary

#748CC6

accent

#74E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A2D

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

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