#B18A2F#B18A2F

#B18A2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A2F
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 73.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 5.58, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 52.23, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0107 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.116 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7347, 27.7312, 6.5807)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A2F #2F56B1

analogous

#B1492F #B18A2F #97B12F

triadic

#B18A2F #2FB18A #8A2FB1

tetradic

#B18A2F #2FB149 #2F56B1 #B12F97

square

#B18A2F #2FB149 #2F56B1 #B12F97

split-complementary

#B18A2F #2F97B1 #492FB1

monochromatic

#503F15 #816422 #B18A2F #D0A94D #DDC07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B18A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A2F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A2F	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab6d',
    500: '#b18a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a2f;
$custom-light: #ccab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65419,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A2F

secondary

#768EC5

accent

#75E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A2F

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

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