#B18A32#B18A32

#B18A32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A32
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 5.73, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 51.01, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0115 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.114 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7973, 27.7563, 6.9104)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A32 #3259B1

analogous

#B14B32 #B18A32 #99B132

triadic

#B18A32 #32B18A #8A32B1

tetradic

#B18A32 #32B14B #3259B1 #B13299

square

#B18A32 #32B14B #3259B1 #B13299

split-complementary

#B18A32 #3299B1 #4B32B1

monochromatic

#524017 #816525 #B18A32 #CEA852 #DCC082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B18A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B18A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A32

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A32	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)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab6f',
    500: '#b18a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a32;
$custom-light: #ccab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A32

secondary

#7A91C5

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A32

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

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