#B18A46#B18A46

#B18A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.098 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A46
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 60.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 7.00, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 42.06, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0178 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.098 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3269, 27.9681, 9.6996)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A46 #466DB1

analogous

#B15446 #B18A46 #A2B146

triadic

#B18A46 #46B18A #8A46B1

tetradic

#B18A46 #46B154 #466DB1 #B146A2

square

#B18A46 #46B154 #466DB1 #B146A2

split-complementary

#B18A46 #46A2B1 #5446B1

monochromatic

#594623 #856835 #B18A46 #C6A66E #D7C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B18A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A46

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A46	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.098 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac7c',
    500: '#b18a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a46;
$custom-light: #cbac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.131,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A46

secondary

#8FA2C3

accent

#83D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A46

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

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