#B18A36#B18A36

#B18A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A36
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 5.95, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 49.32, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0126 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.111 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8874, 27.7923, 7.3849)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A36 #365DB1

analogous

#B14D36 #B18A36 #9AB136

triadic

#B18A36 #36B18A #8A36B1

tetradic

#B18A36 #36B14D #365DB1 #B1369A

square

#B18A36 #36B14D #365DB1 #B1369A

split-complementary

#B18A36 #369AB1 #4D36B1

monochromatic

#534119 #826528 #B18A36 #CCA758 #DAC087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B18A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B18A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A36

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A36	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)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab71',
    500: '#b18a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a36;
$custom-light: #ccab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6548,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A36

secondary

#7F95C4

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A36

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

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