#B18A49#B18A49

#B18A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.096 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A49
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 7.23, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 40.64, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0189 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.096 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4240, 28.0069, 10.2108)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A49 #4970B1

analogous

#B15649 #B18A49 #A4B149

triadic

#B18A49 #49B18A #8A49B1

tetradic

#B18A49 #49B156 #4970B1 #B149A4

square

#B18A49 #49B156 #4970B1 #B149A4

split-complementary

#B18A49 #49A4B1 #5649B1

monochromatic

#5A4625 #866837 #B18A49 #C5A672 #D7C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B18A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B18A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A49

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A49	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)

#998B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.096 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac7d',
    500: '#b18a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a49;
$custom-light: #cbac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65695,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A49

secondary

#92A5C3

accent

#85D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A49

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

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