#B18A38#B18A38

#B18A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A38
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 6.07, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 48.45, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0132 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.11 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9354, 27.8115, 7.6374)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A38 #385FB1

analogous

#B14D38 #B18A38 #9BB138

triadic

#B18A38 #38B18A #8A38B1

tetradic

#B18A38 #38B14D #385FB1 #B1389B

square

#B18A38 #38B14D #385FB1 #B1389B

split-complementary

#B18A38 #389BB1 #4D38B1

monochromatic

#54421B #836629 #B18A38 #CBA75B #DAC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B18A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B18A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A38

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A38	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)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab73',
    500: '#b18a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a38;
$custom-light: #ccab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.661,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.655,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A38

secondary

#8196C4

accent

#7ADB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A38

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

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