#B18A52#B18A52

#B18A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18A52
RGB	rgb(177, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 53.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 7.98, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 36.32, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0223 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.088 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7443, 28.1350, 11.8976)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18A52 #5279B1

analogous

#B15A52 #B18A52 #A9B152

triadic

#B18A52 #52B18A #8A52B1

tetradic

#B18A52 #52B15A #5279B1 #B152A9

square

#B18A52 #52B15A #5279B1 #B152A9

split-complementary

#B18A52 #52A9B1 #5A52B1

monochromatic

#5E492A #886A3D #B18A52 #C4A77C #D7C3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B18A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B18A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18A52

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18A52	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac84',
    500: '#b18a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18a52;
$custom-light: #cbac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.368,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65823,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18A52

secondary

#9AACC4

accent

#8ACE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18A52

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

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