#B18A48#B18A48

#B18A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A48
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 7.15, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 41.11, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0185 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.097 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3911, 27.9938, 10.0376)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A48 #486FB1

analogous

#B15648 #B18A48 #A4B148

triadic

#B18A48 #48B18A #8A48B1

tetradic

#B18A48 #48B156 #486FB1 #B148A4

square

#B18A48 #48B156 #486FB1 #B148A4

split-complementary

#B18A48 #48A4B1 #5648B1

monochromatic

#5A4625 #856836 #B18A48 #C5A671 #D7C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B18A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B18A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A48

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A48	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac7d',
    500: '#b18a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a48;
$custom-light: #cbac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A48

secondary

#91A4C3

accent

#84D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A48

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

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