#B18A3E#B18A3E

#B18A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.105 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A3E
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 6.44, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 45.77, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0151 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.105 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0910, 27.8737, 8.4571)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A3E #3E65B1

analogous

#B1513E #B18A3E #9FB13E

triadic

#B18A3E #3EB18A #8A3EB1

tetradic

#B18A3E #3EB151 #3E65B1 #B13E9F

square

#B18A3E #3EB151 #3E65B1 #B13E9F

split-complementary

#B18A3E #3E9FB1 #513EB1

monochromatic

#56431E #84672E #B18A3E #C9A664 #D8C091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B18A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A3E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A3E	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.105 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab76',
    500: '#b18a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a3e;
$custom-light: #ccab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65562,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A3E

secondary

#879CC4

accent

#7ED850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A3E

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

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