#B18A34#B18A34

#B18A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A34
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 70.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 5.84, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 50.17, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.012 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.112 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8414, 27.7739, 7.1426)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A34 #345BB1

analogous

#B14C34 #B18A34 #9AB134

triadic

#B18A34 #34B18A #8A34B1

tetradic

#B18A34 #34B14C #345BB1 #B1349A

square

#B18A34 #34B14C #345BB1 #B1349A

split-complementary

#B18A34 #349AB1 #4C34B1

monochromatic

#524018 #826526 #B18A34 #CDA855 #DBC084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B18A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B18A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A34

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A34	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab70',
    500: '#b18a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a34;
$custom-light: #ccab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65462,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A34

secondary

#7C93C5

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A34

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

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