#B18A42#B18A42

#B18A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.102 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A42
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 6.71, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 43.93, 81.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0164 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.102 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2048, 27.9193, 9.0566)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A42 #4269B1

analogous

#B15342 #B18A42 #A0B142

triadic

#B18A42 #42B18A #8A42B1

tetradic

#B18A42 #42B153 #4269B1 #B142A0

square

#B18A42 #42B153 #4269B1 #B142A0

split-complementary

#B18A42 #42A0B1 #5342B1

monochromatic

#584421 #846731 #B18A42 #C7A669 #D8C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B18A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A42

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A42	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.102 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac79',
    500: '#b18a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a42;
$custom-light: #cbac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65608,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A42

secondary

#8B9FC3

accent

#80D552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A42

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

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