#B18B27#B18B27

#B18B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B27
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 4.67, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 55.49, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0071 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.121 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7320, 27.9608, 5.8554)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B27 #274DB1

analogous

#B14627 #B18B27 #92B127

triadic

#B18B27 #27B18B #8B27B1

tetradic

#B18B27 #27B146 #274DB1 #B12792

square

#B18B27 #27B146 #274DB1 #B12792

split-complementary

#B18B27 #2792B1 #4627B1

monochromatic

#4D3C11 #7F641C #B18B27 #D5AC40 #E0C272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B18B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B27

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B27	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac69',
    500: '#b18b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b27;
$custom-light: #cdac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65566,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B27

secondary

#6D86C7

accent

#6FE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B27

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

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