#B18A4E#B18A4E

#B18A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A4E
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 7.64, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 38.25, 78.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0208 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.091 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5965, 28.0759, 11.1192)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A4E #4E75B1

analogous

#B1594E #B18A4E #A6B14E

triadic

#B18A4E #4EB18A #8A4EB1

tetradic

#B18A4E #4EB159 #4E75B1 #B14EA6

square

#B18A4E #4EB159 #4E75B1 #B14EA6

split-complementary

#B18A4E #4EA6B1 #594EB1

monochromatic

#5C4829 #87693B #B18A4E #C4A678 #D6C2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B18A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B18A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A4E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A4E	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac81',
    500: '#b18a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a4e;
$custom-light: #cbac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65764,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A4E

secondary

#97A9C4

accent

#87CF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A4E

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

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