#B18A31#B18A31

#B18A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A31
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 5.68, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 51.42, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0112 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.114 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7760, 27.7477, 6.7980)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A31 #3158B1

analogous

#B14A31 #B18A31 #98B131

triadic

#B18A31 #31B18A #8A31B1

tetradic

#B18A31 #31B14A #3158B1 #B13198

square

#B18A31 #31B14A #3158B1 #B13198

split-complementary

#B18A31 #3198B1 #4A31B1

monochromatic

#513F16 #816524 #B18A31 #CFA851 #DCC080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B18A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A31

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A31	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)

#9B8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab6e',
    500: '#b18a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a31;
$custom-light: #ccab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A31

secondary

#7990C5

accent

#76E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A31

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

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