#B18B28#B18B28

#B18B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B28
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 4.71, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 55.12, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0073 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.12 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7488, 27.9675, 5.9438)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B28 #284EB1

analogous

#B14728 #B18B28 #92B128

triadic

#B18B28 #28B18B #8B28B1

tetradic

#B18B28 #28B147 #284EB1 #B12892

square

#B18B28 #28B147 #284EB1 #B12892

split-complementary

#B18B28 #2892B1 #4728B1

monochromatic

#4D3D11 #7F641D #B18B28 #D4AC42 #E0C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B18B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B18B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B28

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B28	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)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac6a',
    500: '#b18b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b28;
$custom-light: #cdac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B28

secondary

#6E87C7

accent

#6FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B28

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

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