#B18A35#B18A35

#B18A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A35
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 5.89, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 49.74, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0123 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.112 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8642, 27.7830, 7.2625)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A35 #355CB1

analogous

#B14C35 #B18A35 #9AB135

triadic

#B18A35 #35B18A #8A35B1

tetradic

#B18A35 #35B14C #355CB1 #B1359A

square

#B18A35 #35B14C #355CB1 #B1359A

split-complementary

#B18A35 #359AB1 #4C35B1

monochromatic

#534119 #826527 #B18A35 #CDA757 #DBC086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B18A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B18A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A35

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A35	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab71',
    500: '#b18a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a35;
$custom-light: #ccab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.129,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65471,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A35

secondary

#7D94C4

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A35

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

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